1 Kings 15:1-2

ABIJAM’S REIGN, 1 Kings 15:1-9.

2. Three years As Abijam began to reign in the eighteenth and his son in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, (compare 1 Kings 15:1; 1 Kings 15:9,) his reign must have been less than three full years. But it was common with the Hebrews thus to speak of periods of time; as when Jesus is said to have been in the grave three days, though in fact it was but one whole day and part of two others.

Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom She was the favourite wife of Rehoboam, and he took special care to make her son his successor. 2 Chronicles 11:21-22. According to Josephus, she was the daughter of Absalom by Tamar, that is, a granddaughter of Absalom through his daughter Ta-mar, (2 Samuel 14:27,) who probably married Uriel of Gibeah. See 2 Chronicles 13:2.