1 Kings 15:8

8 Abijah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Asa was king after him.

1 Kings 15:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:8

And Abijam slept with his fathers
That is, died as they did:

and they buried him in the city of David,
in the sepulchre of his royal ancestors, David, Solomon, and Rehoboam:

and Asa his son reigned in his stead;
who perhaps was the eldest of his twenty two sons, ( 2 Chronicles 13:21 ) .

1 Kings 15:8 In-Context

6 But war continued between Abijah and Jeroboam the whole time.
7 The rest of Abijah's life, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. But the war with Jeroboam was the dominant theme.
8 Abijah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Asa was king after him.
9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began his rule over Judah.
10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maacah.
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