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- 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.
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a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Chronicles 13:20, 21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament. (1) The seventh son of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8). (2) The second son of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 8:2 1 Chronicles 6:28 (6:13)).
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.
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.
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 King of Judah - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of ...
Uh-bi´juh; Heb., “Yah is my father” Also Abijam. 1 The son of Becher, grandson of Benjamin (1Chr 7:8). 2 The son of Samuel, who served as judge in.
Abijah King of Judah - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of ...
