1 Kings 15:1-8

Abijam Reigns over Judah

¹Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. ²He reigned for three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. ³He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart of his father David. ⁴But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem, ⁵because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and did not deviate from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. ⁶And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

⁷Now as for the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

Asa Succeeds Abijam

⁸And Abijam lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Asa became king in his place.

Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa

Nadab and Then Baasha Rule over Israel

War with Judah