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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Interpretation
Abijam's heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he wanted sincerity; he began well, but he fell off, and walked in all the sins of his father, following his bad example, though he had seen the bad consequences of it.
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 15:4-8.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.