1 Kings 15:1-3

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Abijam King of Judah^(A)

15 Abijam [^C“My father is the Sea” (symbol of chaos); compare Abijah (“My father is the Lord”) in 2 Chr. 13:1] became king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam son of Nebat was king of Israel. ² Abijam ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom [^CDavid’s son Absalom]. ³ He ·did [committed; ^Lwalked in] all the same sins his father before him had ·done [committed]. ·Abijam was not faithful [^LHis heart was not fully/wholly devoted] to the Lord his God as David, his ·great-grandfather [^Lfather; ^Cin the sense of ancestor], had been.