1. Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
2. He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3. He walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to Adonai his God, like the heart of his father David.
4. Nevertheless, for David’s sake, Adonai his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, raising up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem.
5. For David did what was right in Adonai’s eyes and did not turn aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6. As there had been war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life,
7. so there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. The rest of the deeds of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
8. Then Abijam slept with his fathers so they buried him in the city of David, and his son Asa became king in his place.
9. In the twentieth year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.
10. He reigned 41 years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11. Now Asa did what was right in Adonai’s eyes, like his father David.
12. He also expelled the male prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.