1. Abijam became king of Judah in Jeroboam's eighteenth year as king of Israel,
2. and he ruled from Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3. Abijam did not truly obey the Lord his God as his ancestor David had done. Instead, he was sinful just like his father Rehoboam.
4-5. David had always obeyed the Lord's commands by doing right, except in the case of Uriah. And since Abijam was David's great-grandson, the Lord kept Jerusalem safe and let Abijam have a son who would be the next king.
6-7. The war that had broken out between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued during the time that Abijam was king.Everything else Abijam did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.
8. Abijam died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa became king.
27-28. Baasha son of Ahijah was from the tribe of Issachar, and he made plans to kill Nadab. When Nadab and his army went to attack the town of Gibbethon in Philistia, Baasha killed Nadab there. So in the third year of Asa's rule, Baasha became king of Israel.