"And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon" (2 Chron. viii, 18). 18 Who was the first to die, Jeroboam or Abijah? "Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died. But Abijah waxed mighty" (2 Chron. xiii, 20, 21). "And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years" (1 Kings xiv, 20). "And Abijam [Abijah] slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah" (1 Kings xv, 8, 9). Instead of Abijah waxing mighty after Jeroboam's death, Jeroboam reigned two years after Abijah's death. 19 Who was the mother of Abijah? "He [Rehoboam] took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah" (2 Chron. xi, 20). "His [Abijah's] mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah" (2 Chron. xiii, 2). 20 Was Asa the son or the grandson of Maachah? "Forty and one years reigned he [Asa] in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom" (1 Kings xv, 10). "Three years reigned he [Abijam] in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.... And Asa his son reigned in his stead" (1 Kings xv, 2, 8). 21 How long did Omri reign? "In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel twelve years.... So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign" (1 Kings xvi, 23, 28, 29). From the thirty-first to the thirty-eighth year of Asa's reign Omri is said to have reigned twelve years. 22 When did Baasha die? "Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.... In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign" (1 Kings xvi, 6, 8). "In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah" (2 Chron. xvi, 1). 23 When did Jehoram king of Israel and Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign? "And Jehoram [of Israel] reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah" (2 Kings i, 17). "And in the fifth year of Joram [Jehoram of Israel].... Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign" (2 Kings viii, 16). According to the first account, Jehoram of Israel began to reign in the second year of Jehoram of Judah; according to the second, Jehoram of Judah began to reign in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel. 24 When did Ahaziah begin to reign? "In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah" (2 Kings ix, 29).