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1 Kings 15:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. "
1 Kings 15:2
Verse in Context
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of 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.
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
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1 Kings 15:1
"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah."
1 Kings 15:3
"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."
1 Kings 15:4
"Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:"
1 Kings 15:5
"Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."
1 Kings 15:6
"And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life."
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