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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.
Jan 4, 2022 · King Abijah, also called King Abiah or King Abijam, was the son of King Rehoboam and father of King Asa. Abijah reigned for only three years (913–911 BC) in Judah before he died.
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.
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The mother of Hezekiah, king of Judah, is called Abi (2 Kings 18:2), an abbreviation for Abijah (2 Chron 29:1). 8. One of the priests in the days of Nehemiah who sealed the covenant of reform in which the people promised to serve the Lord ( Neh 10:7 ).
Abijah of Judah, also known as Abijam (אבים, Abiyam, "My Father is Yam [Sea]"), who was son of Rehoboam and succeeded him on the throne of Judah; A son of Becher, the son of Benjamin; The second son of Samuel.
Abijah or Abijam (my father is Jehovah). Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. ( 1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16) He is called 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.
Son of Jeroboam I., king of northern Israel, whose story is told in I Kings, xiv. 1-18. He having fallen sick, his mother went in disguise to the prophet Ahijah to inquire as to the prospects of her son's recovery.
