1 Kings 15:1–8

JUDAH’S KING ABIJAM

15In the eighteenth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah, ²and he reigned three years in Jerusalem.^af His mother’s name was Maacah^ag daughter of Abishalom.

³Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed,^ah and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.^{ai 4}But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp^E in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him and by preserving Jerusalem.^{aj 5}For David did what was right in the Lord’s sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life,^a except in the matter of Uriah^b the Hethite.

⁶There had been war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Rehoboam’s life.^{c 7}The rest of the events of Abijam’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.^d There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam.^{e 8}Abijam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.^f His son Asa became king in his place.^g