¹⁴ And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.

¹⁴ And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

¹⁴ And he did evil, because he prepared [1] not his heart to seek the Lord.

¹⁴ But the final verdict on Rehoboam was that he was a bad king - God was not important to him; his heart neither cared for nor sought after God.