1st Kings Chapter 15 verse 1 Holy Bible
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
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And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
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And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, reigned Abijam [see note on 1 Kings 14:31. It is implied in 2 Chronicles 11:20-22 that he was not the firstborn among Rehoboam's twenty-eight sons, but the eldest son of the favourite wife. As he left behind him thirty-eight children (2 Chronicles 13:21) at his decease, some three years later, he must have been of considerable age at his accession. This consideration rather favours the idea that Rehoboam was "forty and one years old when he began to reign" (2 Chronicles 12:13)] over Judah.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Abijam.--The form of the name given in 2 Chronicles 13, "Abijah," is probably correct, as having a more distinct significance. The variation here, if not (as some think) a mere false reading, may have been made for the sake of distinction from the son of Jeroboam.
