1 Mu mwaka ogweikumi n'omunaana nga kyabazinga Yeroboamu n'afuga Isiraeli, Abiya yaafuuka kyabazinga wa Buyudaaya.
Rehoboamu yaamala yaafumbirwa ni Maaka mughala wa Abusalomu, ye baazaala naye abaana abalenzi bano: Abiya, ni Attai, ni Ziza, ni Shelomithi.
Ebindi byonabyona Rehoboamu bye yakola, okuva lwe yatoolera okufuga okutuuka ku nkomerero, byaghandiikibwa mu Kitabo eky'Ebyomubyanda eby'omulanzi Shemaia n'omulanzi Iddo. Ekiseera ekyo kyonakyona, ghaabangagho entalo edhomwidhirano ghagati gha Rehoboamu ni Yeroboamu.
Agho Rehoboamu oyo yaafa, yeeyimba ku badhaadha be abaafa, yaaziikibwa mu lwambiidhi lwa badhaadha be abo, mu kyetebwa Ekibuga kya Daudi. Mutabane we eyayetebwanga Abiya, n'eyasikira ise oyo ku bwakyabazinga.