My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ¹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ² 

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹ 

He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped ²  them.

Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated ¹  great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ¹ 

When he had secured control of the kingdom, ¹  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ² 

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. ¹  Amon was guilty of great sin. ² 

“Your father made us work too hard! ¹  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ² 

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ¹  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ² 

You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. ¹ 

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ¹ 

Then Solomon passed away ¹  and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. ¹ 

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; ¹  I will make them even heavier. ²  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ³ 

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ¹  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ¹  what he promised ²  my father David.

The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. ¹ 

He asked them, “How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” ¹ 

The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. ¹ 

Jehoram ¹  received this letter from Elijah the prophet: “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: ‘You ²  have not followed in the footsteps ³  of your father Jehoshaphat and of ⁴  King Asa of Judah,