and he reigned in Jerusalem for three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.[a]

He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:2 A variant of Absalom; also in verse 10