In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam (Nebat’s son), Abijam began to rule Judah.
Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. (His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.) His son Abijam succeeded him as king.
the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,
After marrying Mahalath, he married Maacah, Absalom’s granddaughter. She gave birth to Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.