3 He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.
4 Because the Lord loved David, the Lord gave him a kingdom in Jerusalem and allowed him to have a son to be king after him. The Lord also kept Jerusalem safe.
5 David always did what the Lord said was right and obeyed his commands all his life, except the one time when David sinned against Uriah the Hittite.
6 There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam during Abijam’s lifetime.
7 Everything else Abijam did is written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah. During the time Abijam ruled, there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 Abijam died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa became king in his place.
9 During the twentieth year Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah.