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Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
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He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
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He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.
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But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
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because 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, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.