1 Kings 15:1-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

Abijam (Abijah) Son of Rehoboam, King of Judah

15 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam^[a] became king over Judah. ² He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Ma’akah, granddaughter of Abishalom.^{[b] 3} He walked in all the sins which his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord as the heart of his grandfather David had been. ⁴ But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him and by making Jerusalem strong. ⁵ He did this because David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he did not turn from all that the Lord commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

⁶ There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. ⁷ As for the rest of Abijam’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. ⁸ Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then his son Asa became king in his place.