1 Kings 15:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 13:1-22
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. …

Topics

Abia Abijah Abijam Israel, Prophecies Concerning

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 Chron. 13:1-22, 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 Abijah—My father is the Lord, because no wickedness is there laid to his charge. Bu…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

1Ki 15:1-8. Abijam’s Wicked Reign over Judah. 1. Abijam--His name was at first Abijah (2Ch 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 But afterwards, when he was found “walking in all the sins of his father” [1Ki 15:3], that honorable addition was withdrawn, and his name in sacred history changed into Abijam [Lightfoot].