The proposal seemed appropriate to the king and the entire assembly.

(14:1) Asa did what the Lord his God desired and approved.

He did what the Lord approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

“Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the Lord’s spokesman.

Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David.

For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him.

The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.