Abijah

Male · d. 907 BC

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Family

Parents: Rehoboam Maachah
Siblings: Attai Jeush Shamariah Shelomith Zaham Ziza
Children: Asa

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Named in 20 verses

1 Kings 14:31 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his pla
1 Kings 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
1 Kings 15:7 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and J
1 Kings 15:8 Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
1 Chronicles 3:10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles 11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
2 Chronicles 12:16 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 13:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hund
2 Chronicles 13:4 Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
2 Chronicles 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:17 Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
2 Chronicles 13:19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
2 Chronicles 13:20 Jeroboam didn’t recover strength again in the days of Abijah. Yahweh struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles 13:21 But Abijah grew mighty and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 13:22 The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles 14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.
Matthew 1:7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.