He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> his God, as his ancestor David had been.<n id="1" />

Asa did what the <sc>Lordsc> approved<n id="1" /> like his ancestor<n id="2" /> David had done.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon sat on his father David&#8217;s throne, and his royal authority<n id="1" /> was firmly solidified.p>

Solomon did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight;<n id="1" /> he did not remain loyal to<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, like his father David had.

Then Solomon passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried in the city of his father David.<n id="2" /> His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.<n id="3" />p>

He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.<n id="1" />p>

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. He followed in his father&#8217;s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="2" />p>

He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.<n id="1" />

(Now his father had never corrected<n id="1" /> him<n id="2" /> by saying, &#8220;Why do you do such things?&#8221; He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom.<n id="3" />)

Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the <sc>Lordsc> by following<n id="1" /> the practices<n id="2" /> of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.p>

Hadad,<n id="1" /> who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father&#8217;s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.<n id="2" />

This is what prompted him to rebel against the king:<n id="1" /> Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.<n id="2" />

Asa passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jehoshaphat passed away<n id="1" /> and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor<n id="2" /> David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.p>

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and followed in the footsteps<n id="2" /> of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="3" />

He worshiped and bowed down to Baal,<n id="1" /> angering the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel just as his father had done.<n id="2" />p>

When King Solomon finished constructing the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, he<n id="1" /> put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.p>

When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to<n id="1" /> other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> his God, as his father David had been.<n id="2" />

I am taking the kingdom from him<n id="1" /> because they have<n id="2" /> abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions<n id="3" /> by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon&#8217;s father David did.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served<n id="1" /> his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How do you advise me to answer these people?&#8221;