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Abijah passed away[a] and was buried[b] in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

Asa’s Reign over Judah

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah. 10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother[c] was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:8 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”
  2. 1 Kings 15:8 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
  3. 1 Kings 15:10 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.