6 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel,+ just as those of the house of Aʹhab had done, for Aʹhab’s daughter had become his wife;+ and he kept doing what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes. 7 But Jehovah did not want to bring the house of David to ruin for the sake of the covenant that he had made with David,+ since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons always.+