Discovery Box1 Kings 15:1 
ContextAbijah’s Reign over Judah
15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah 1 became king over Judah.
1 Kings 15:7-8
Context15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 2 Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other. 15:8 Abijah passed away 3 and was buried 4 in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
1 tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”
2 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”
4 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
