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Who is Ahijah?
        AHI'JAH
        (brother, i.e. *friend, of Je hovah). 1. A prominent prophet, called the Shilonite from his place of residence, who foretold to Jeroboam the disruption of the kingdom and the assignment of the ten tribes to him. 1 Kgs 11:29-39. The prophecy is referred to 1 Kgs 12:15 ; 2 Chr 10:15. To the wife of Jeroboam the same prophet subsequently announced not only the fate of the sick child, but that of the nation. 1 Kgs 14:1-18. A part of this latter prophecy Baasha realized. 1 Kgs 15:29. He left annals of Solomon's reign.2 Chr 9:29. 1. The father of Baasha, the king. 1 Kgs 15:27,1 Sam 15:33 ; 1 Kgs 21:22 ;2 Kgs 9:9. 2. A descendant of Judah. 1 Chr 2:25. 3. One of David's "valiant men."1 Chr 11:36. 4. The Levite "over the treasures of the house of God and . . . the dedicated things." 1 Chr 26:20. 5. One who sealed the covenant. Neh 10:26.


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