²⁰ After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

² Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

¹ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

² Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

²¹ Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

¹⁶ Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

⁷ Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.