1 Kings 15:1 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

1 Kings 15:1

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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. {Maachah...: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel} {Abishalom: also called, Absalom}

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.

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1 Kings 15:2

"Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {Maachah...: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel} {Abishalom: also called, Absalom}"

1 Kings 15:3

"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."

1 Kings 15:4

"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: {lamp: or, candle}"

1 Kings 15:5

"Because David did {that which was} right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any {thing} that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."

1 Kings 15:6

"And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life."

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