1 Kings 15:8

So then Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David,—and, Asa his son, reigned, in his stead.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 story of Abijah and all that he did, are, they, not written in the book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was, war, between Abijah and Jeroboam.

9Now, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began Asa to reign as king of Judah;

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Cross References

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

1 Kings 14:31So then Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and, the name of his mother, was Naamah the Ammonitess,—and, Abijah his son, reigned, in his stead.

1 Chronicles 3:10And, the son of Solomon, was Rehoboam,—Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son;

Matthew 1:7And Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat 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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