Abijam. — The form of the name given in 2 Chronicles 13, “Abijah,” is probably correct, as having a more distinct significance. The variation here, if not (as some think) a mere false reading, may have been made for the sake of distinction from the son of Jeroboam.
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1 Kings 15:1
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.