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1 Kings 15:2-4
New Living Translation
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.
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- 15:2 Hebrew Abishalom (also in 15:10), a variant spelling of Absalom; compare 2 Chr 11:20.
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