OET interlinear 1 KI 15:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

וּ⁠בִ⁠שְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֑ט מָלַ֥ךְ אֲבִיָּ֖ם עַל־יְהוּדָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=in=year_of eight teen to/for=the_king Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) son_of Neⱱaţ became_king ʼAⱱiyyām on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yehuda )

In this verse and the next verse, the author is introducing Abijam as a participant in the story as the new king of Judah. Your language may have its own way of introducing participants that you can use in your translation. See the discussion in the introduction to this chapter of how the author is, for the first time in the book, referring here to a year in the reign of the king of one kingdom in order to identify when the king of another kingdom began to reign.

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

וּ⁠בִ⁠שְׁנַת֙ שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֣ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=in=year_of eight teen to/for=the_king Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) son_of Neⱱaţ became_king ʼAⱱiyyām on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yehuda )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as the year of 18, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

אֲבִיָּ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=in=year_of eight teen to/for=the_king Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) son_of Neⱱaţ became_king ʼAⱱiyyām on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yehuda )

See the discussion in the introduction to chapter 14 of the form of this name. We recommend that you use the name Abijam in your translation here and not try to harmonize it with the form “Abijah” that appears in 2 Chronicles.