1 Kings 15:1-8
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15 1-2 Abijam began his three-year reign as king of Judah in Jerusalem during the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel. (Abijam’s mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.) 3 He was as great a sinner as his father was, and his heart was not right with God, as King David’s was. 4 But despite Abijam’s sin, the Lord remembered David’s love[a] and did not end the line of David’s royal descendants. 5 For David had obeyed God during his entire life except for the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite. 6 During Abijam’s reign there was constant war between Israel and Judah.[b] 7 The rest of Abijam’s history is recorded in The Annals of the Kings of Judah. 8 When he died he was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
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- 1 Kings 15:4 the Lord remembered David’s love, literally, “for David’s sake.”
- 1 Kings 15:6 between Israel and Judah, literally, “between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.”
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