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Abijah Or Abijam
(my father is Jehovah).
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Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16) He is called Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah in Chronicles, Abijam in Kings. He began to reign B.C. 959, and reigned three years. He endeavored to recover the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, and made war on Jeroboam. He was successful in battle, and took several of the cities of Israel. We are told that he walked in all the sins of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 14:23,24) The second son of Samuel, called Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah, Abia, Course OfH in our version. [Abia, Course Of, Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah, Abia, Course OfH, No. 3] Son of Jeroboam I., king of Israel; died in his childhood. (1 Kings 14:1) ... A descendant of Eleazar, who gave his name to the eighth of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided by David. (1 Chronicles 24:10; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 12:4,17) One of the priests who entered into a covenant with Nehemiah to walk in God’s law, (Nehemiah 10:7) unless the name is rather that of a family, and the same with the preceding.
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Verses where Abijah Or Abijam is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 2:24
After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10
Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:28
The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8
The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 24:10
the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- 1 Kings 14:1
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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