Abijah
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...
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a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Ch 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 Ch
7:8).
(2) The second son of the prophet Samuel (1 Sam 8:2; 1 Ch
6:28 (6:13)).
(3) The eighth among "the holy captains and captains...
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1. Son of Jeroboam
1Ki 14:1-18
-2. ABIJAH
See ABIAH
See ABIJAM...
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(my father is Jehovah).
1. Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of
Judah. 1Ki 4:21; 2Ch 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. He was successful in battle, and
took several of the cit...
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father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. (1.) 1
Chr.
7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24.
(3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 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 roy...
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("father of Jehovah," i.e. one whose will is that of God),
or ABIJAM 1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 13:1 (called Abijah in
Chronicles, not in Kings, because in the former his
character is not represented as contrary to Jah's will, as
it is in the latter; Abia in Matthew 1:7).
1. Son and successor of Rehoboam, king of Judah
(Clinton, 959 s.c.; Ha...
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And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men
of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also
set the battle in array against him with eight hundred
thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour....
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2 Chronicles 13:19 - And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and
took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and
Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns
thereof....
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Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years
old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And
his mother's name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah....
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