the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were respected – eighteen in all.

The Israelites were subject to ¹  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

David became famous ¹  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ²  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ³  18,000 in all.

Abishai son of Zeruiah ¹  killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ¹ 

in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, ¹  832 people from Jerusalem;

Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.

Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. ¹  For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.

Jehoiachin was eighteen ¹  years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. ²  He did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord.

The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. ¹ 

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. ¹  He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. ¹  He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God.