1 Kings 15:1-8 ▼

1 And in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

2 He reigned in Jerusalem three years. And the name of his mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before his face, and his heart was not complete with YHWH his God as was the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, YHWH his God gave to him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him, and by establishing Jerusalem,

5 in that David did right in the eyes of YHWH and did not turn aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life—except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

6 And there was war between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and between Jeroboam.

8 And Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.