5 The Lord did this because David did what the Lord considered right: David never failed to do anything the Lord commanded him to do his entire life (except in the matter concerning Uriah the Hittite).
6 There was war between Abijam and Rehoboam throughout their lives.
7 Isn’t everything else about Abijam—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jer o boam.
8 Abijam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa succeeded him as king.
9 In Jer o boam’s twentieth year as king of Israel, Asa began to rule as king of Judah.
10 He ruled 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was named Maacah, daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done.