Abijah

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...

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Abijah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("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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Abijah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the Lord is my father...

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Abijah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 13:3

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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Abijah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 13:19

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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Abijah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 29:1

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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Abijah in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Jeroboam 1Ki 14:1-18 -2. ABIJAH See ABIAH See ABIJAM...

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Abijah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Abijah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 13:15

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah....

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Abijah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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