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1 Kings 15:1

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Now, in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, began Abijah to reign over Judah.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Now in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, Abiam reigned over Juda.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And in the eighteene yere of King Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Nowe in the eighteenth yeere of king Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, reigned Abiiam ouer Iudah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— NOW in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijah reigned over Judah.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat{gr.Nabat}, Abiu son of Rehoboam{gr.Roboam} reigns over Judah{gr.Juda}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Now in the eighteenth year of king Yorovam the son of Nevat reigned Aviyyam over Yehudah.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Now in the eighteenth 8083
{8083} Prime
שְׁמֹנֶה
sh@moneh
{shem-o-neh'}
Apparently from H8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth.
6240
{6240} Prime
עָשָׂר
`asar
{aw-sawr'}
For H6235; ten (only in combination), that is, the 'teens'; also (ordinal) a 'teenth'.
year 8141
{8141} Prime
שָׁנֵה
shaneh
{shaw-neh'}
(The first form being in plural only, the second form being feminine); from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time).
of king 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
Yorov`äm יָרָבעָם 3379
{3379} Prime
יָרָבְעָם
Yarob`am
{yaw-rob-awm'}
From H7378 and H5971; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Næväţ נְבָט 5028
{5028} Prime
נְבָט
N@bat
{neb-awt'}
From H5027; regard; Nebat, the father of Jeroboam (the first).
reigned 4427
{4427} Prime
מָלַךְ
malak
{maw-lak'}
A primitive root; to reign; inceptively to ascend the throne; causatively to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
´Áviyyäm אֲבִיָּם 38
{0038} Prime
אֲבִיָּם
'Abiyam
{ab-ee-yawm'}
From H0001 and H3220; father of (the) sea (that is, seaman); Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah.
over x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
Yæhûđà יְהוּדָה. 3063
{3063} Prime
יְהוּדָה
Y@huwdah
{yeh-hoo-daw'}
From H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Kings 15:1

_ _ 1 Kings 15:1-8. Abijam’s wicked reign over Judah.

_ _ Abijam — His name was at first Abijah (2 Chronicles 12:16); “Jah,” the name of God, according to an ancient fashion, being conjoined with it. But afterwards, when he was found “walking in all the sins of his father” [1 Kings 15:3], that honorable addition was withdrawn, and his name in sacred history changed into Abijam [Lightfoot].

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1 Kings 15:1-8

_ _ We have here a short account of the short reign of Abijam the son of Rehoboam king of Judah. He makes a better figure, 2 Chr. 13, where we have an account of his war with Jeroboam, the speech which he made before the armies engaged, and the wonderful victory he obtained by the help of God. There he is called AbijahMy father is the Lord, because no wickedness is there laid to his charge. But here, where we are told of his faults, Jah, the name of God, is, in disgrace to him, taken away from his name, and he is called Abijam. See Jeremiah 22:24.

_ _ I. Few particulars are related concerning him. 1. Here began his reign in the beginning of Jeroboam's eighteenth year; for Rehoboam reigned but seventeen, 1 Kings 14:21. Jeroboam indeed survived Rehoboam, but Rehoboam's Abijah lived to succeed him and to be a terror to Jeroboam, while Jeroboam's Abijah (whom we read of 1 Kings 14:1) died before him. 2. He reigned scarcely three years, for he died before the end of Jeroboam's twentieth year, 1 Kings 15:9. Being made proud and secure by his great victory over Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:21), God cut him off, to make way for his son Asa, who would be a better man. 3. His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, that is, Absalom, David's son, as I am the rather inclined to think because two other of Rehoboam's wives were his near relations (2 Chronicles 11:18), one the daughter of Jerimoth, David's son, and another the daughter of Eliab, David's brother. He took warning by his father not to marry strangers; yet thought it below him to marry his subjects, except they were of the royal family. 4. He carried on his father's wars with Jeroboam. As there was continual war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam, not set battles (these were forbidden, 1 Kings 12:24), but frequent encounters, especially upon the borders, one making incursions and reprisals on the other, so there was between Abijam and Jeroboam (1 Kings 15:7), till Jeroboam, with a great army, invaded him, and then Abijam, not being forbidden to act in his own defence, routed him, and weakened him, so that he compelled him to be quiet during the rest of his reign, 2 Chronicles 13:20.

_ _ II. But, in general, we are told, 1. That he was not like David, had no hearty affection for the ordinances of God, though, to serve his purpose against Jeroboam, he pleaded his possession of the temple and priesthood, as that upon which he valued himself, 2 Chronicles 13:10-12. Many boast of their profession of godliness who are strangers to the power of it, and plead the truth of their religion who yet are not true to it. His heart was not perfect with the Lord his God. He seemed to have zeal, but he wanted sincerity; he began pretty well, but he fell off, and walked in all the sins of his father, followed his bad example, though he had seen the bad consequences of it. He that was all his days in war ought to have been so wise as to make and keep his peace with God, and not to make him his enemy, especially having found him so good a friend in his war with Jeroboam, 2 Chronicles 13:18. Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness, Isaiah 26:10. 2. That yet it was for David's sake that he was advanced, and continued upon the throne; it was for his sake (1 Kings 15:4, 1 Kings 15:5) that God thus set up his son after him; not for his own sake, nor for the sake of his father, in whose steps he trod, but for the sake of David, whose example he would not follow. Note, It aggravates the sin of a degenerate seed that they fare the better for the piety of their ancestors and owe their blessings to it, and yet will not imitate it. They stand upon that ground, and yet despise it, and trample upon it, and unreasonably ridicule and oppose that which they enjoy the benefit of. The kingdom of Judah was supported, (1.) That David might have a lamp, pursuant to the divine ordination of a lamp for his anointed, Psalms 132:17. (2.) That Jerusalem might be established, not only that the honours put upon it in David's and Solomon's time might be preserved to it, but that it might be reserved to the honours designed for it in after-times. The character here given of David is very great — that he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the exception is very remarkable — save only in the matter of Uriah, including both his murder and the debauching of his wife. That was a bad matter; it was a remaining blot upon his name, a bar in his escutcheon, and the reproach of it was not wiped away, though the guilt was. David was guilty of other faults, but they were nothing in comparison of that; yet even that being repented of, though it be mentioned for warning to others, did not prevail to throw him out of the covenant, nor to cut off the entail of the promise upon his seed.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 15:1

Abijam reigned — So his reign began with Jeroboam's eighteenth year, continued his whole nineteenth year, and ended within his twentieth year, in which also Asa's reign began. And thus one and the same year may be attributed to two several persons.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

1 Kings 14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:2-22 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. ... And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are] written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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1K 14:31. 2Ch 13:1, 2.

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