Abijam became king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam son of Nebat was king of Israel.
Rehoboam, son of Naamah from Ammon, died and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Abijam became king in his place.
The seventeenth was Hezir. The eighteenth was Happizzez.
Then Rehoboam married Absalom’s daughter Maacah, and she gave Rehoboam these children: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.