1 Kings 15:8 And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.

◄ 1 Kings 15:8 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.

English Standard Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.

New American Standard Bible
And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.

King James Bible
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.

International Standard Version
Eventually, Abijah died, as did his ancestors, and he was buried in the City of David. His son Asa succeeded him as king.

American Standard Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Darby Bible Translation
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Young's Literal Translation
and Abijam lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

15:1-8 Abijam's heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he wanted sincerity; he began well, but he fell off, and walked in all the sins of his father, following his bad example, though he had seen the bad consequences of it. David's family was continued as a lamp in Jerusalem, to maintain the true worship of God there, when the light of Divine truth was extinguished in all other places. The Lord has still taken care of his cause, while those who ought to have been serviceable thereto have lived and perished in their sins. The Son of David will still continue a light to his church, to establish it in truth and righteousness to the end of time. There are two kinds of fulfilling the law, one legal, the other by the gospel. Legal is, when men do all things required in the law, and that by themselves. None ever thus fulfilled the law but Christ, and Adam before his fall. The gospel manner of fulfilling the law is, to believe in Christ who fulfilled the law for us, and to endeavour in the whole man to obey God in all his precepts. And this is accepted of God, as to all those that are in Christ. Thus David and others are said to fulfil the law.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

4. for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp—"A lamp" in one's house is an Oriental phrase for continuance of family name and prosperity. Abijam was not rejected only in consequence of the divine promise to David (see on [314]1Ki 11:13-36).