3 He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the Lord his God, as his great-grandfather David had been.
4 But for David's sake, the Lord his God gave Abijah a son to rule after him in Jerusalem and to keep Jerusalem secure.
5 The Lord did this because David had done what pleased him and had never disobeyed any of his commands, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
6 The war which had begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout Abijah's lifetime.
7 And everything else that Abijah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
8 Abijah died and was buried in David's City, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.
9 In the twentieth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,