²⁰ and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law^(A) to the right or to the left.^(B) Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.^(C)

⁸ I tore^(A) the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right^(B) in my eyes.

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.