1 Kings 15:1-7

Abijam Reigns over Judah

1 ¹Now in the eighteenth * year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was ²Maacah the daughter of ³Abishalom.

3 He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and ⁴his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.

4 But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a ⁵lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

5 ⁶because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, ⁷except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

6 ⁸There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 Now ⁹the 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? ¹⁰And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 15:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 13:1
• 2. 2 Chronicles 13:2
• 3. 2 Chronicles 11:21
• 4. 1 Kings 11:4; Psalms 119:80
• 5. 2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Chronicles 21:7
• 6. 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 14:8; Luke 1:6
• 7. 2 Sam 11:3f, 15-17; 2 Samuel 12:9, 10
• 8. 1 Kings 14:30; 2 Chr 12:15-13:20
• 9. 2 Chr 13:2, 21, 22
• 10. 2 Chronicles 13:3-20

Footnotes

• [a]. In 2 Chr 13:2, "Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel"
• [b]. In 2 Chr 11:20, "Absalom"
• [c]. Lit "complete with"