“"Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah," and under his rule the Jews obtained a magnificent victory over the Israelites in a battle, which was greater than all those fought before in their civil wars. It is said that after the two multitudes of soldiers were drawn u…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 15:1
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1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
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— 1 Kings 15:1 —
2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3And 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.