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and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the Lord his God, as his great-grandfather David had been. (A)But for David's sake the Lord his God gave Abijah a son to rule after him in Jerusalem and to keep Jerusalem secure.

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