In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah.
Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king.
the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.