1 Abijambecame king of Judah in Jeroboam’s eighteenth year as king of Israel, 2 and he ruled from Jerusalemfor three years. His mother was Maacahthe daughter of Abishalom.
3 Abijam did not truly obey the Lordhis God as his ancestor Davidhad done. Instead, he was sinful just like his father Rehoboam. 4,5 2 S 11.1-27;1 K 11.36.Davidhad always obeyed the Lord's commands by doing right, except in the case of Uriah.15.4,5 Uriah: A Hittite who served in David’s army; David had him killed so he could marry his wife Bathsheba (see 2 Samuel 11.1-27).And since Abijam was David’s great-grandson, the Lordkept Jerusalemsafe and let Abijam have a son who would be the next king.
6,7 2 Ch 13.3-21.The war that had broken out between Rehoboamand Jeroboamcontinued during the time that Abijamwas king.
Everything else Abijamdid while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 8 Abijamdied and was buried in Jerusalem,15.8 Jerusalem: See the note at 2.10,11.and his son Asabecame king.
King Asa of Judah
(2 Chronicles 15.16—16.6,11-13)
Pessoa
Tribo de Ephraim
Jeroboam
יָרָבְעָםyaravəam
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, led the ten tribes that separated from Rehoboam, became the first king of Israel in the north, and made two golden calves for worship in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:20).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Maacah, daughter of Absalom, was the wife of Rehoboam, who loved her more than his other wives, and mother of Abijah. King Asa removed her from being queen mother because she had made an image for Asherah (1 Kings 15:13).
Absalom was the son of David who rebelled against his father: he stole the hearts of the men of Israel, and David fled out of the land because of him. He was the son of Maacah and brother of Tamar (2 Samuel 19:9).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, led the ten tribes that separated from Rehoboam, became the first king of Israel in the north, and made two golden calves for worship in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:20).
Asa was king of Judah, the son and successor of Abijah. He removed Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for the goddess Asherah, and Asa cut down the image and burned it (1 Kings 15:13).