"And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead." — 1 Kings 15:8

1 Kings 15:8 · KJV

“And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.”

— 1 Kings 15:8

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.

Verse 9

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

1 Kings 15 — Context

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

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.

And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {mother's: that is, grandmother's}

Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:1

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

1 Kings 14:31

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name {was} Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. {Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia}

1 Chronicles 3:9

{These were} all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

Matthew 1:7-8

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

1 Kings 14:1

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

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