1. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah,
2. and he reigned in Jerusalem for three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
3. He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.