the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped them.

He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains.

They agreed to make large seagoing merchant ships; they built the ships in Ezion Geber.

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.

The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.

He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.

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.

They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.

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.

The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.

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

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

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.