1 Kings 15:2-10

2He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.

3He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

4But for David’s sake, the Lord his God allowed his descendants to continue ruling, shining like a lamp, and he gave Abijam a son to rule after him in Jerusalem.

5For David had done what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and had obeyed the Lord’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

6There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam throughout Abijam’s reign.

7The rest of the events in Abijam’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. There was constant war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

8When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.

9Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

10He reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.