Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijah began to reign over Judah — Abijah (My Father is the Lord) inherits a kingdom diminished by Shishak's invasion. The synchronism with Jeroboam's reign demonstrates the Deuteronomistic practice of cross-dating northern and southern monarchs. Abijah's kingship represents the continuation of the Davidic covenant line, however compromised.

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