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1 Kings 15 Study Guide
Abijah, one of the sons of Rehoboam, did not follow the Lord fully. This is a sad pattern throughout the entire book of Kings, one which is broken up by good kings. In fact, the trend in Israel is that all the kings are bad kings. In Judah, we see that they are mostly good at first, then throughout the long reign of the kings we see that the trend reverses and most of the kings are bad, occasionally broken up by a good king. This shows the erosion of morality in Judah most profoundly. In Abijah’s case, his role model, Rehoboam, takes him down the same road. In 2 Chronicles 13, we see that Abijah knew something of God. He could rally his troops for the Lord, but he didn’t remove the sexual immorality that Rehoboam had allowed. Because he showed no definitive loyalty to God, his reign was not blessed. In this book we will see that those who follow God generally have long peace-filled reigns, while those who do not have short ones. Abijah’s reign was a mere three years.