Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants, punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.

then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men,

that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.

“When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo.

He took great pride in the ways of the Lord and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah.

He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not depart from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord.

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab’s daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet saying, “Thus says the Lord God of your father David, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father and the ways of Asa king of Judah,

but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot as the house of Ahab played the harlot, and you have also killed your brothers, your own family, who were better than you,

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the Lord, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.

So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.

But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.

Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

He did right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.