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Abijah of Judah. Abijam ( Hebrew: אֲבִיָּם, Modern: ʼAvīyam, Tiberian: ʼĂḇīyyām, "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea/is Yam "; Biblical Greek: Αβιού, romanized: Aviou; Latin: Abiam) [1] was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son ...
The word “daughter” (1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chron 11:20, 21) denotes “granddaughter” just as the “mother” (1 Kings 15:10) of Asa, Abijah’s son, denotes “grandmother,” for Abijah and Asa are not brothers but father and son. Josephus (Antiq. VIII. x. 1) has Rehoboam marrying one of his own kindred (second cousin on the father’s side), a daughter of Absalom by his wife Tamar named ...
Abiyyah, or Abiyyahu. Abijah, (“Yahweh Is My Father”), any of nine different persons mentioned in the Bible, of whom the most noteworthy are the following: (1) The son and successor of Rehoboam, king of Judah (II Chronicles 12:16, 13), who reigned about two years ( c. 915–913 bc ). (2) The second son of Samuel (I Samuel 8:2; I Chronicles ...
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Abijah. father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. 1 Chronicles 7:8.; 1 Chronicles 2:24.. The second son of Samuel ( 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28).His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government.
Abijah King of Judah - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah, a daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred ...
The son and successor of Rehoboam king of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 11:20-14:1). As to the variant name Abijam (1?Kings 14:31; 15:1,7,8) see ABIJAM. The statements concerning Abijah's mother afford great opportunity for a person who is interested in finding discrepancies in the Bible narrative.
1 Kings 15. New International Reader's Version. Abijah King of Judah. 15 Abijah became king of Judah. It was in the 18th year of Jeroboam’s rule over Israel. Jeroboam was the son of Nebat. 2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother’s name was Maakah. She was Abishalom’s daughter. 3 Abijah committed all the sins his father had ...
