[15:1] In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Abijah became king of Judah,
[15:2] and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom.
[15:3] He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the Lord his God, as his great-grandfather David had been.
[15:4] But for David's sake the Lord his God gave Abijah a son to rule after him in Jerusalem and to keep Jerusalem secure.
[15:5] The Lord did this because David had done what pleased him and had never disobeyed any of his commands, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
[15:6] The war which had begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout Abijah's lifetime.
[15:7] And everything else that Abijah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
[15:8] Abijah died and was buried in David's City, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.