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When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.

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Early Years of Asa’s Reign

14 [a]When Abijah died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king. There was peace in the land for ten years.

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  1. 14:1 Verse 14:1 is numbered 13:23 in Hebrew text.

31 When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. Then his son Abijam[a] became the next king.

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  1. 14:31 Also known as Abijah.

Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.[a]
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.[b]
Jehoram was the father[c] of Uzziah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Greek Asaph, a variant spelling of Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10.
  2. 1:8a Greek Joram, a variant spelling of Jehoram; also in 1:8b. See 1 Kgs 22:50 and note at 1 Chr 3:11.
  3. 1:8b Or ancestor; also in 1:11.

These were the sons of David, not including his sons born to his concubines. Their sister was named Tamar.

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Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam

14 At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.

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