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A young king often looks to his predecessor for a model of leadership, shaping his own rule based on the legacy left behind. When the new king's actions are compared to those of his father, the primary approach among commentators is that this comparison is not absolute. The son did not simply copy everything his father did. Instead, he selectively followed his father's path, embracing only the good and upright choices while carefully avoiding his past mistakes and wickedness.

He chose to imitate his father's behavior strictly as it was during the early years of his rule. By doing so, he modeled his actions on the period before his father turned away from the right path.