1 Kings 15:2 BBE

¹  Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

²  For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

³  And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

⁴  But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;