And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. (1 Kings 15:3)
Although following the idolatrous practices of his father, Abijah set himself up before Israel as the champion of the Jerusalem Temple and the worship of Jehovah, rebuking the Israelites for their worship of the golden calves (2 Chron. 13:4-12).