3. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. Neither was his heart perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.
4. But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave to him a lamp in Jerusalem, so that he might raise up his son after him, and so that he might establish Jerusalem.
5. For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he had not declined from all of the things that he had instructed to him, during all the days of his life, except the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.
6. Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam during the entire time of his life.
7. And the rest of the words of Abijam, and all that he did, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And there was fighting between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8. And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa, his son, reigned in his place.
9. Then, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, the king of Israel, Asa reigned as king of Judah.
10. And he reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11. And Asa did what was right before the sight of the Lord, just as his father David did.