1 Kings 15:8

And Abiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

7And the rest of the words of Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiam and Jeroboam.

9So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa king of Juda,

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Cross References

1 Kings 2:10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

1 Kings 14:31And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naama an Ammonitess: and Abiam his son reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon's son was Roboam: whose son Abia beget Asa. And his son was Josaphat,

Matthew 1:7And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot 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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