1 Kings 15:1

Abijam Reigns over Judah

1 ¹Now in the eighteenth * year of King Jeroboam, the 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.

1 Kings 15:1 In-Context

1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

3 He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.

4 But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

5 because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD , and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 13:1