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He reignedthreeyears in Jerusalem; and his mother'sname was 1Maacah the daughter of 2Abishalom.
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He walked in all the sins of his fatherwhich he had committedbefore him; and 3his heart was not whollydevoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his fatherDavid.
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But for David'ssake the LORD his Godgave him a 4lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his sonafter him and to establishJerusalem;
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5becauseDaviddidwhat was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turnedaside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, 6except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
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7There was warbetweenRehoboam and Jeroboamall the days of his life.
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Now 8the 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? 9And there was warbetweenAbijam and Jeroboam.
Asa Succeeds Abijam
810And Abijamslept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his sonbecameking in his place.
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So in the twentiethyear of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.
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He reignedforty-one*years in Jerusalem; and 11his mother'sname was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
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12Asadidwhat was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.
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13He also putaway the malecultprostitutes from the land and 14removedall the idolswhich his fathers had made.
In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.