1 Kings 15:8

And Abijam slept with his fathers in the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam; and he is buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Asa his son reigns in his stead.

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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

7And the rest of the history of Abijam, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

9In the four and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa begins to reign 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 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 3:10The sons of Solomon; Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa 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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