📖WEB · 1 Kings 15:1
What does 1 Kings 15:1 mean?
"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah."
— 1 Kings 15:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
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