Abijam Reigns in Judah

1 Kings 15

¹ _a In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. ² He reigned three years in Jerusalem. _b His mother's name was _c Maachah the granddaughter of _d Abishalom. ³ And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; _e his heart was not ₁ loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David. ⁴ Nevertheless _f for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem; ⁵ because David _g did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, _h except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. ⁶ _i And there was war between ₂ Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. ⁷ _j Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. ⁸ _k So Abijam ₃ rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place.

1. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 13:1
   In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 11:20 - 22
   After her he took Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 13:2
   He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 11:21
   Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Kings 11:4
   For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.
   Psalms 119:80
   Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Samuel 21:17
   But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.
   1 Kings 11:32
   (but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel).
   1 Kings 11:36
   And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
   2 Chronicles 21:7
   Yet the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Kings 9:4
   Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments.
   1 Kings 14:8
   And tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes.
   Luke 1:6
   And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Samuel 11:3
   So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, " Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
   2 Samuel 11:15 - 17
   And he wrote in the letter, saying, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.
   2 Samuel 12:9
   Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
   2 Samuel 12:10
   'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
   
9. Cross References
   1 Kings 14:30
   And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
   2 Chronicles 12:15
   The acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
   2 Chronicles 13:20
   So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died.
   
10. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 13:2 - 22
    He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
    
11. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 14:1
    So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.