KJV King James Version
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 15:1
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
WEB World English Bible
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
ASV American Standard Version
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 15
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבִשְׁנַת֙H8141 · sha.nehyearשְׁמֹנֶ֣הH8083 · she.mo.neheightעֶשְׂרֵ֔הH6240 · a.sartenלַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיָרָבְעָ֣םH3379 · ya.rov.amJeroboamבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childנְבָ֑טH5028 · ne.vatNebatמָלַ֥ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲבִיָּ֖םH38 · a.viy.yamAbijamעַל־H5921 · aluponיְהוּדָֽה׃H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah
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