If you do this, then the Lord will keep the promise he made to me. He told me, ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.

The district governors faithfully provided food for King Solomon and his court; each made sure nothing was lacking during the month assigned to him.

“And now, O Lord, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow me as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

And may you be completely faithful to the Lord our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today.”

In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.

He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

Although the pagan shrines were not removed, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful to the Lord throughout his life.