Verse 1

In the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboam, was Abia kynge in Iuda,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 12:16 : 16 And Roboam fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in the cite of Dauid, & Abia his sonne was kynge in his steade.
• 1 Kgs 15:1-8 : 1 In the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboa the sonne of Nebat, was Abia kynge in Iuda, 2 and reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was. Maecha, the doughter of Abisalom, 3 and he walked in all the synnes of his father, which he had done before him, and his hert was not perfecte with the LORDE his God, as was the hert of Dauid his father. 4 For because of Dauids sake dyd the LORDE his God geue him a lanterne at Ierusalem, so yt he raysed his sonne after him, & manteyned him at Ierusalem, 5 because Dauid dyd the thinge yt was righte in ye sighte of the LORDE, and departed not from all that he commaunded him as longe as he lyued (sauynge in the matter with Vrias ye Hethite). 6 But there was warre betwene Roboam and Ieroboam, as longe as he lyued. 7 What more there is to saye of Abia, and all that he dyd, beholde, it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda. There was warre also betwene Abia and Ieroboam. 8 And Abia slepte with his fathers, and they buried him in the cite of Dauid. And Asa his sonne was kynge in his steade.