1 Kings 15:1

Abijah King of Judah

1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah^[a] became king of Judah,

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1 Kings 15:1 in Other Translations

KJV

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

ESV

1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

NLT

1 Abijam began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

MSG

1 In the eighteenth year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah took over the throne of Judah.

CSB

1 In the eighteenth year of [Israel's] King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah;

1 Kings 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:1

Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah.
] That is, began to reign; and by this it appears that Rehoboam was in the eighteenth year of his reign when he died, for he and Jeroboam began their reign at the same time.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 15:1 In-Context

1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah,

2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.

3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Footnotes 1

[a]. Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 12:16); most Hebrew manuscripts "Abijam" ; also in verses 7 and 8