1 Kings 15:1

The Reign of Abijam in Judah

1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign 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.

1 Kings 15:1 In-Context

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

2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. The name of his mother [was] Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

3 He walked in all the sins of his father that he had done before him, and his heart was not fully with Yahweh his God as the heart of David his father.

4 For the sake of David, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by establishing his son after him and by causing Jerusalem to exist;

5 because David did right in the eyes of Yahweh and he didn't turn aside from all that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.