² Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had done,

Reign of Ahaz

28 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his ancestor David had done,^{(A) 2} but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made cast images for the Baals,^{(B) 3} and he made offerings in the valley of the son of Hinnom and made his sons pass through fire, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel.^{(C) 4} He sacrificed and made offerings on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.^(D)

² He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left. ³ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the sacred poles,^[a] and the carved and the cast images.^(A)

² He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.^(A)

³ The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father;^[a] he did not seek the Baals

² He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.^(A)

³ He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.

³⁴ He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done.^(A)

³ He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.

³ He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like his ancestor David; in all things he did as his father Joash had done.