Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed,(A) and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.(B) But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp[a] in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him and by preserving Jerusalem.(C) For David did what was right in the Lord’s sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life,(D) except in the matter of Uriah(E) the Hethite.

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  1. 15:4 Or dominion

He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted(A) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp(B) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep(C) any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah(D) the Hittite.

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