Samuel’s second son. He and his older brother, Joel, were corrupt judges in Beersheba. Because of their corruption, Israel’s leaders demanded to be ruled by a king (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28).
→ View encyclopedia entryThe son of King Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel. The boy’s illness led his family to seek guidance from the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh (1 Kings 14:1–2).
→ View encyclopedia entryAn alternate name for Abijam, king of Judah, in 2 Chronicles 12:16–14:1 and Matthew 1:7.
→ View encyclopedia entryAhaz’s wife, and mother of King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:2). Sometimes written as “Abi” (2 Chronicles 29:1). She was Zechariah’s daughter.
→ View encyclopedia entryBecher’s son from Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chronicles 7:8).
→ View encyclopedia entryThe Levite who headed an eighth of the 24 priestly divisions established by King David (1 Chronicles 24:10; Luke 1:5).
→ View encyclopedia entryThe head of a priestly family who signed Ezra’s promise of faithfulness to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:7).
The head of a priestly family who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 12:4). Perhaps of the same family as #7.
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Abijah
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.