1 Kings 15:2-4

New Living Translation

² He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.^[a]

³ He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been. ⁴ But for David’s sake, the Lord his God allowed his descendants to continue ruling, shining like a lamp, and he gave Abijam a son to rule after him in Jerusalem.