"Now in the eighteenth year of King Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, Abi'jam began to reign over Judah. "
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Ma'acah the daughter of Abish'alom.
"And he walked in all the sins which his father did before him; and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. "
