6. There had been war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Rehoboam’s life.
7. The rest of the events of Abijam’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8. Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.
9. In the twentieth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah
10. and reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
11. Asa did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, as his ancestor David had done.
12. He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.