1 Kings 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ¹  became king over Judah.

1 Kings 15:3

15:3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been. ² 

[15:1]  ¹ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

[15:3]  ² tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”