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1 Kings 15:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 15:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 and reigned three years in Jerusalem.(A) His mother’s name was Maacah(B) daughter[a] of Abishalom.
3 Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed,(C) and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.(D) 4 But because of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem.(E)
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- 1 Kings 15:2 Possibly granddaughter; 2Ch 13:2
1 Kings 15:2-4
New International Version
1 Kings 15:2-4
New International Version
2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah(A) daughter of Abishalom.[a]
3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted(B) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. 4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp(C) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.
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- 1 Kings 15:2 A variant of Absalom; also in verse 10
1 Kings 15:2-4
King James Version
1 Kings 15:2-4
King James Version
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
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