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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

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ABIJAH

1. Samuel’s second son who, with his older brother, Joel, was a corrupt judge in Beersheba. Because of the corruption, Israel’s leaders demanded to be ruled instead by a king (1 Sm 8:2; 1 Chr 6:28).

2. Son of Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel. The boy’s illness impelled his family to seek guidance from the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh (1 Kgs 14:1-2).

3. Alternate name for Abijam, king of Judah, in 2 Chronicles 12:16–14:1 and Matthew 1:7. See Abijam.

4. Ahaz’s wife, and mother of King Hezekiah (2 Kgs 18:2, short form “Abi”; 2 Chr 29:1). This Abijah was Zechariah’s daughter.

5. Becher’s son from Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chr 7:8).

6. Levite who headed the eighth of 24 priestly divisions established in David’s time (1 Chr 24:10; Lk 1:5).

7. Head of a priestly family who signed Ezra’s covenant of faithfulness to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile (Neh 10:7).

8. Head of a priestly family who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile (Neh 12:4). Perhaps of the same family as #7.