1-Kings - 15:8



8 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.

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And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
And Abiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
and Abijam lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead.
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.

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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.

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