1. A shekara ta goma sha takwas ta sarautar sarki Yerobowam ɗan Nebat, Abaija ya sarauci mutanen Yahuza.
2. Ya yi mulki shekara uku a Urushalima. Sunan tsohuwarsa Ma'aka, 'yar Absalom, wato kakarsa.
3. Shi kuma ya aikata dukan irin zunubai da tsohonsa ya yi. Bai yi aminci ga Ubangiji Allahnsa sosai, kamar yadda kakansa, Dawuda, ya yi ba.
4. Amma duk da haka, saboda Dawuda, Ubangiji Allahnsa ya ba shi fitila a Urushalima da ya sa ɗansa ya gāje shi, ya kuma kafa Urushalima,
5. domin Dawuda ya aikata abu mai kyau a gaban Ubangiji. Bai ƙetare umarnin da Ubangiji ya ba shi ba dukan kwanakin ransa, sai dai a kan Uriya Bahitte.
6. Akwai yaƙi tsakanin Abaija da Yerobowam dukan kwanakin ransa.