Abijam
(Hebrew: אבים ʼĂḇiyyām, "father of the sea" or "my father is
the sea" or "my father is Yah"; Greek: Αβιου; Latin: Abias)
was the fourth king of the House of David and the second of
the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam, the grandson
of Solomon and the great-grandson of David. The Chronicler
refers to him as "Abijah (Hebrew: אביה, ...
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Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, [are]
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam....
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a-bi'-jam ('abhiyam, "father of sea," or, "father of west").
The name given in Kings (1 Ki 14:31; 15:1,7,8) to the son of
Rehoboam who succeeded him as king of Judah.
See ABIJAH.
The name has puzzled scholars. Some have proposed, by adding
one letter, to change it into "father of his people." Others
have observed that the Greek rendering in Kin...
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Also called ABIJAH and ABIA
-King of Judah
1Ki 14:31; 15:1; 2Ch 12:16
-History of
1Ki 15:1-8; 2Ch 11:22; 13
-Succeeded by Asa
1Ki 15:8; 2Ch 14:1...
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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 of the sea; i.e., "seaman" the name always used in
Kings
of the king of Judah, the son of Rehoboam, elsewhere
called
Abijah (1 Kings 15:1,7,8). (See ABIJAH -T0000036, 5.)...
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name [was]
Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead....
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah....
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And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the
city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead....
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