1 Kings 15:8

8 Abijah died and was buried in David's City, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.

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 The war which had begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout Abijah's lifetime.

7 And everything else that Abijah did is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.]

8 Abijah died and was buried in David's City, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.

9 In the twentieth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

10 and he ruled forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom.