¹² Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

²¹ Do not turn away after useless^(A) idols.^(B) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

⁵ For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep^(A) any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah^(B) the Hittite.

² He did what was right^(A) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right^(B) or to the left.

² He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of his father David,^(A) not turning aside to the right or to the left.