1 Kings 15:8

And Abiyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead.

Leeser Tanakh

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 acts of Abiyam, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. And there was [also] war between Abiyam and Jerobo'am.

9And in the twentieth year of Jerobo'am the king of Israel became Assa king over Judah.

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Cross References

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

1 Kings 14:31And Rehobo'am slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Na'amah the 'Ammonitess. And Abiyam his son became king in his stead.

1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon's son was Rehobo'am. Abiyah his son, Assa his son, Jehoshaphat his son.

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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