1. In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah;
2. he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, daughter of Abishalom.
3. He followed all the sins his father had committed before him, and his heart was not entirely with the Lord, his God, as was the heart of David his father.
4. Yet for David’s sake the Lord, his God, gave him a holding in Jerusalem, raising up his son after him and permitting Jerusalem to endure,
5. because David had done what was right in the sight of the Lord and did not disobey any of his commands as long as he lived, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
6. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
7. The rest of the acts of Abijam, with all that he did, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8. Abijam rested with his ancestors; they buried him in the City of David, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.
9. In the twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Asa, king of Judah, became king;
10. he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, daughter of Abishalom.
11. Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord like David his father,