The Meaning of 1 Kings 15:1 Explained

1 Kings 15:1

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

YLT: And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;

Darby: And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

ASV: Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Kings 15:1 Mean?

Study Notes

Abbijam
Called Abijah, 2 Chronicles 13:1 .

Context Summary

1 Kings 15:1-15 - A Better Day Dawns
Again we meet with those references to David that we found in the previous chapter. See 1 Kings 15:3-5; 1 Kings 15:11. His name lingers as sweet fragrance in the air, or as the after-glow of sundown. But Abijam's mother was descended from Absalom, and it is hardly surprising that the unhappy ancestry conflicted with the other and holier influence. Though the lamp burned low, however, it was not entirely extinguished. What a pathetic touch that is in 1 Kings 15:5! One moment of passion may be a long regret to God and to the soul! Yet there is forgiveness with God, that He may be feared, Psalms 130:4.
For Asa's reign, we must turn to the book of Chronicles, where further evidence is given of his truly religious character-at least during the earlier portion of his rule. Even his grandmother was removed from her position. Compare 1 Kings 15:2; 1 Kings 10:1-29; the words father and mother are used loosely, as may be seen in 1 Kings 15:3. On the whole, Asa's policy was directed to the overthrow of the heathen worship, but he seems to have shrunk from a root-and-branch extermination of the evil, 1 Kings 15:14; and the result was personal deterioration and the springing up again of idolatry. Our Lord asks us never to compromise. The right hand that offends must be cut off. The brood of the viper must be stamped out to the last egg. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 15

1  Abijam's wicked reign
7  Asa succeeds him
9  Asa's good reign
16  The war between Baasha and him causes him to make a league with Ben-Hadad
23  Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa
25  Nadab's wicked reign
27  Baasha conspiring against him, executes Ahijah's prophecy
31  Nadab's acts and death
33  Baasha's wicked reign

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 15:1 mean?

And in the year eight [and] ten of King Jeroboam son of Nebat became king Abijam over Judah
וּבִשְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־ נְבָ֑ט מָלַ֥ךְ אֲבִיָּ֖ם עַל־ יְהוּדָֽה

וּבִשְׁנַת֙  And  in  the  year 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה  eight 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.
עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  of  King 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יָרָבְעָ֣ם  Jeroboam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָרָבְעָם  
Sense: the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 0 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon’s son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נְבָ֑ט  of  Nebat 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְבָט  
Sense: an Ephraimite of Zereda, father of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel.
מָלַ֥ךְ  became  king 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
אֲבִיָּ֖ם  Abijam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיָּם  
Sense: king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְהוּדָֽה  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.

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