1 Kings 15:1

1 And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam 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 And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;

2 three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;

3 and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;

4 but for David's sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,

5 in that David did that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life -- only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;