³⁰ There was continual warfare^(A) between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

Abijah King of Judah^(A)

15 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah^[a] became king of Judah, ² and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah^(B) daughter of Abishalom.^[b]

³ He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted^(C) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

⁶ There was war^(A) between Abijah^[a] and Jeroboam throughout Abijah’s lifetime.