the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem.

the eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,

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

This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ¹  became king over Judah.

In the tenth year that Zedekiah was ruling over Judah the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ¹  That was the same as the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

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

In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; ¹  he ruled for twelve years.

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple with these orders: ¹ 

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.

They ruthlessly oppressed ¹  the Israelites that eighteenth year ²  – that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.

‘Think carefully about the past: ¹  from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, ²  to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, ³  think about it. ⁴