Three years reigned he in Jerusalem, and his mother’s name was Maachah the daughter of [a]Abishalom.

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

But for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a [b]light in Jerusalem, and set up his son after him, and established Jerusalem,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:2 Some think that this was Absalom Solomon’s son.
  2. 1 Kings 15:4 Meaning, a son to reign over Judah.

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