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- Abijah (əbīˈjə), in the Bible. 1 See Abi. 2 Died c.911 B.C., king (c.914–c.911 B.C.) of Judah, the southern kingdom. He succeeded his father, Rehoboam, and King Jeroboam continued warfare against him. 3 Son of Jeroboam, whose death was used by a prophet to foreshadow the death of Jeroboam. 4 Priestly family. 5 Priests in the return to Jerusalem.
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Abijah. 1. Called, in Luke 1:5, Abia; founder of a family among the posterity of Aaron. When David divided the priests into twenty-four courses, to perform the temple-service, in turn, the eighth class was called after him, 1 Chronicles 24:10. To this class of course Zacharias belonged. 2.
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.
Also Abijam. 1 The son of Becher, grandson of Benjamin (1Chr 7:8). 2 The son of Samuel, who served as judge in Beer-sheba (1Sam 8:2). 3 The son of Rehoboam, king of Judah (911–908 BCE), during whose reign the border wars between Judah and Israel continued unabated (1Kgs 15:7). 4 The son of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who failed to recover from a ...
Abijah, King of Judah: Abijah (also known as Abijam in some translations) was the son of King Rehoboam and reigned for three years in Jerusalem (1 Kings 15:1-8). His reign, although brief, is significant as it reflects the ongoing struggles between the Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel.
Son of Rehoboam and second king of divided Southern Kingdom of Judah (915-913), called Abijam in 1 Kings 15:1, a name meaning, “my father is Yam” (or sea), possibly a reference to Canaanite god. Abijah was his father's favorite son ( 2 Chronicles 11:22 ).
The son of Rehoboam, whom he succeeded on the throne of Judah . He is also called Abijam ( 1Ki 14:31 ; 1Ki 15:1-8 ). He began his three years' reign ( 2Ch 12:16 ; 2Ch 13:1-2 ) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes to their allegiance.
The son of Rehoboam, whom he succeeded on the throne of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 3:10). He is also called Abijam ( 1 Kings 14:31 ; 15:1-8 ). He began his three years' reign ( 2 Chronicles 12:16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:1 2 Chronicles 13:2 ) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes to their allegiance.
