King James Version
1 Kings 15:1 in the King James Version says “Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.”
1 Kings 15:1 · KJV
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now in the eighteenth”
H8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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