1. Abijam became king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam son of Nebat was king of Israel.
2. Abijam ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
3. He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.