2 Kings 8:17-19

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¹⁷ He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.^{(A) 18} He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.^{(B) 19} Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his descendants forever.^(C)