1 Kings 15:1-7

Abijam Reigns in Judah

1 ¹Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and ²his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him ³a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,

5 because ⁴David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, ⁵except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

6 ⁶Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 ⁷The 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? ⁸And 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. 15:1 2 Chr. 13:1, 2
• 2. 15:3 ch. 11:4; [ver. 14; ch. 8:61]
• 3. 15:4 See ch. 11:36
• 4. 15:5 ch. 9:4; 14:8
• 5. 15:5 2 Sam. 11:4, 15; 12:9
• 6. 15:6 ch. 14:30
• 7. 15:7 [2 Chr. 13:22]
• 8. 15:7 See 2 Chr. 13:2-20