1 In the eighteenth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah
2 and reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
3 Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.
4 But because of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem.