Lectionary Calendar
Monday, December 22nd, 2025
the Fourth Week of Advent
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

THE MESSAGE

1 Kings 15:8

This verse is not available in the MSG!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abijam;   Asa;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Thompson Chain Reference - Asa;   Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Kings of Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Baasha;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Burial;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asa;   David, City of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fathers;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abijah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abijam;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Asa;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Abijam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Chronicles, Books of;   Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
Aviyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
King James Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
English Standard Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.
New Century Version
Abijam died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa became king in his place.
New English Translation
Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
Amplified Bible
Abijam slept with his fathers [in death] and they buried him in the City of David. Asa his son became king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
And Abijam lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Asa became king in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Abiiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.
Contemporary English Version
Abijam died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa became king.
Complete Jewish Bible
Aviyam slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son became king in his place.
Darby Translation
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Easy-to-Read Version
When Abijah died, he was buried in the City of David. Abijah's son Asa became the new king after him.
George Lamsa Translation
And Abijah slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Good News Translation
Abijah died and was buried in David's City, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.
Lexham English Bible
Abijam slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son became king in his place.
Literal Translation
And Abijam lay with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Abia slepte with his fathers, and they buried him in the cite of Dauid. And Asa his sonne was kynge in his steade.
American Standard Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Abiam slept with his fathers, & they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne raigned in his steade.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
King James Version (1611)
And Abiiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne reigned in his stead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Abiu slept with his fathers in the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam; and he is buried with his fathers in the city of David: And Asa his son reigns in his stead.
English Revised Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Berean Standard Bible
And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Abia slepte with his fadris; and thei birieden hym in the citee of Dauid; and Asa, his sone, regnede for hym.
Young's Literal Translation
and Abijam lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead.
Update Bible Version
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
World English Bible
Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
New King James Version
So Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place.
New Living Translation
When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.
New Life Bible
Abijam died and they buried him in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.
New Revised Standard
Abijam slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Then his son Asa succeeded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, - and, Asa his son, reigned, in his stead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa, his son, reigned in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
And Abi'jam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.

Contextual Overview

1In the eighteenth year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah took over the throne of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Absalom. He continued to sin just like his father before him. He was not truehearted to God as his great-grandfather David had been. But despite that, out of respect for David, his God graciously gave him a lamp, a son to follow him and keep Jerusalem secure. For David had lived an exemplary life before God all his days, not going off on his own in willful defiance of God 's clear directions (except for that time with Uriah the Hittite). But war continued between Abijah and Jeroboam the whole time. 7The rest of Abijah's life, everything he did, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. But the war with Jeroboam was the dominant theme. Abijah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Asa was king after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3049, bc 955

Abijam: 1 Kings 14:1, 1 Kings 14:31, 2 Chronicles 14:1

Asa: 1 Chronicles 3:9, Matthew 1:7, Matthew 1:8

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:43 - slept 1 Kings 15:23 - rest of all 1 Chronicles 3:10 - Asa

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."
Genesis 15:4
Then God 's Message came: "Don't worry, he won't be your heir; a son from your body will be your heir."
Genesis 15:9
God said, "Bring me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:10
He brought all these animals to him, split them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. But he didn't split the birds. Vultures swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them off. As the sun went down a deep sleep overcame Abram and then a sense of dread, dark and heavy.
Genesis 15:13
God said to Abram, "Know this: your descendants will live as outsiders in a land not theirs; they'll be enslaved and beaten down for 400 years. Then I'll punish their slave masters; your offspring will march out of there loaded with plunder. But not you; you'll have a long and full life and die a good and peaceful death. Not until the fourth generation will your descendants return here; sin is still a thriving business among the Amorites."
Genesis 15:17
When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses. That's when God made a covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria—the country of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."
2 Kings 20:8
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "How do I know whether this is of God and not just the fig plaster? What confirming sign is there that God is healing me and that in three days I'll walk into The Temple of God on my own legs?"
Luke 1:18
Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman."
Luke 1:34
Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Abijam slept with his fathers,.... That is, died as they did:

and they buried him in the city of David, in the sepulchre of his royal ancestors, David, Solomon, and Rehoboam:

and Asa his son reigned in his stead; who perhaps was the eldest of his twenty two sons, 2 Chronicles 13:21.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile