1 Kings 15:3 meaning and explanation

And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

1 Kings 15:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator is evaluating Abijam, king of Judah, who reigned only three years in Jerusalem. His father Rehoboam had also failed, so Abijam repeated a family pattern rather than breaking it.

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