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The biblical history of the name Abijah posted on this website is incorrect. According to the old testament, 1 kings chapter 14, the name Abijah pertains to the son of king Jeroboam. And Jeroboam was king of the ten tribes of Israel and not of Judah. Abijah died before he could become king. The first king of Judah was Rehoboam, and his son Abijam became the second king of Judah.
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ALSO, Abijah was
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).
Abijah was also the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests, and an ancestor of Zecharias the priest, who was the father of John the Baptist. (1Chronicles 24:10, Luke 1:5, Luke 1:13)
In the New Testament, Abijah is usually rendered Abia. In the first chapter of Luke, Zacharias, is identified as the husband of Mary's cousin, Elisabeth. Elisabeth was a descendant of Aaron, the brother of Moses. Aaron was the first anointed priest of the Hebrew nation after the Hebrew people left Egypt and began making progress toward their Promised Land. In Luke 1, Zacharias the priest is recorded as being of "the course of Abia."
In New Testament Greek, Abia is written as follows:
αβια
In Hebrew, Abijah is written as follows:
אביה
Abijah was a name which was used by both Kings and Queens of Judah and of Israel:
1. Abijah (queen), 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)
2. A wife of Hetzron, one of the grandchildren of Judah. (1 Chr. 2:24)
Abijah (king) of the Kingdom 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 Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chr. 7:8)
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 monarchy.
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).
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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).
Abijah was also the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests, and an ancestor of Zecharias the priest, who was the father of John the Baptist. (1Chronicles 24:10, Luke 1:5, Luke 1:13)
In the New Testament, Abijah is usually rendered Abia. In the first chapter of Luke, Zacharias, is identified as the husband of Mary's cousin, Elisabeth. Elisabeth was a descendant of Aaron, the brother of Moses. Aaron was the first anointed priest of the Hebrew nation after the Hebrew people left Egypt and began making progress toward their Promised Land. In Luke 1, Zacharias the priest is recorded as being of "the course of Abia."
In New Testament Greek, Abia is written as follows:
αβια
In Hebrew, Abijah is written as follows:
אביה
Abijah was a name which was used by both Kings and Queens of Judah and of Israel:
1. Abijah (queen), 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)
2. A wife of Hetzron, one of the grandchildren of Judah. (1 Chr. 2:24)
Abijah (king) of the Kingdom 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 Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chr. 7:8)
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 monarchy.
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).
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Abijah was the name of 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).
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It is Aviyah in it's original Hebrew form and was the name of the mother of Chizqi'yah ben Achaz.
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