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For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
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But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;
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.