⁴ Now if you ^(A)walk before Me ^(B)as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you ^(C)keep My statutes and My judgments,

⁴ For it was so, when Solomon was old, ^(A)that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his ^(B)heart was not ^[a]loyal to the Lord his God, ^(C)as was the heart of his father David.

³ And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; ^(A)his heart was not ^[a]loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.

^14 (A)But the ^[a]high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s ^(B)heart was loyal to the Lord all his days.

⁴³ And ^(A)he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless ^(B)the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

^3 (A)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

⁹ “As for you, my son Solomon, ^(A)know the God of your father, and serve Him ^(B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for ^(C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. ^(D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will ^(E)cast you off forever.

¹⁹ And ^(A)give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the ^[a]temple for which ^(B)I have made provision.”

^9 (A)For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this ^(B)you have done foolishly; therefore from now on ^(C)you shall have wars.”