1 Kings 15:8

Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

9In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

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Cross References

1 Kings 2:10Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

1 Kings 14:31And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. And Abijam his son became king in his place.

1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Matthew 1:7And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:2-9

Abijam's Reign. ( b. c. 958.) 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish… Read the whole commentary →

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