4. And, when he was among the youngest of any in the tribe of Naphtali, he showed not so much as any childish behavior in his work.
5. And then, when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam, king of Israel, had made, he alone fled from the company of them all.
6. Yet he continued on to Jerusalem, to the temple of the Lord, and there he adored the Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully all his first-fruits and his tithes.
7. So then, in the third year, he administered all his tithes to new converts and to new arrivals.
8. These and similar such things, even as a boy, he observed according to the law of God.