Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Key themes
WisdomJustice and mercyTempleIdolatry
Glossary
- Abijam Person
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Father of the sea; i. e., “seaman” the name always used in Kings of the king of Judah, the son of Rehoboam, elsewhere called Abijah ( 1 Kings 15:1 , 7, 8). (See ABIJAH. ).
- Jeroboam Person
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Increase of the people. (1. ) The son of Nebat ( 1 Kings 11:26-39 ), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B. C. 976-945).
- Nebat Person
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Sight; aspect, the father of Jeroboam, the king of Israel ( 1 Kings 11:26 , etc. ).