Abijah in Wikipedia
is a Biblical unisex name meaning Aviya or "my Father is
Yahweh" in Hebrew.[1] In the Old Testament the name Abijah
was borne by several characters:
A son of Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chr. 7:8)
A wife of Hetzron, one of the grandchildren of Judah. (1
Chr. 2:24)
The second son of Samuel. (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chr. 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.
A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of one of
the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided
by David (1 Chr. 24:10). The order of Abijah was one of
those which did not return from the Captivity. (Ezra 2:36-
39; Nehemiah 7:39-42; 12:1)
A King of Judah, also known as Abijam, who was son of
Rehoboam and succeeded him on the throne of Judah. (1 Chr.
3:10, Matt. 1:7 , 1 Kings 14:31)
A son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. On account of
his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to
consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. The
prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of
Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine
impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone
of all the house of Jeroboam there was found "some good
thing toward the Lord," he only would come to his grave in
peace. As his mother crossed the threshold of the door on
her return, the youth died, and "all Israel mourned for
him." (1 Kings 14:1-18)
The daughter of Zechariah (2 Chr. 29:1; compare Isaiah 8:2),
who married King Ahaz of Judah. She is also called Abi. (2
Kings 18:2) She was the mother of King Hezekiah. (2 Chr.
29:1 )
The head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which
David divided the priests. (1 Chr. 24:10 , Luke 1:5 )
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