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<p> '''Abijah''' (''a-bî'jah'' ), ''whose father is Jehovah.'' 1. [[A]] son of Jeroboam [[I.,]] king of Israel, who died under interesting circumstances in early life. &nbsp;1 Kings 14:1. See Jeroboam. 2. Abijah Or Abijam, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:1, the son of Rehoboam and Michaiah, succeeded his father as king of Judah, b.c. 959. He made war against Jeroboam, king of Israel, for the purpose of getting back the kingship of the ten tribes, and defeated him, with a loss of 500,000 men. These figures are probably through a copyist's mistake made too large; the loss, it is likely, was not greater than 50,000. He began to reign in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam, and was succeeded by his son Asa in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, so that he reigned only a part of three years. The apparent contradiction in respect to the parentage of this person, as it is given in &nbsp;1 Kings 15:2 and &nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:2, may be explained by supposing that his mother Maachah (or Michaiah) was the daughter of Uriel and the granddaughter of Absalom, who is called Abishalom. &nbsp;1 Kings 15:2. The term "daughter" is given in the Bible to other relatives than one's own child; ''e.g.,'' to a niece, granddaughter, or great-granddaughter. 3. The head of one of the courses of priests, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:10; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:17; termed Abia in &nbsp;Luke 1:5. 4 The mother of Hezekiah, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 29:1 : also called Abi in &nbsp;2 Kings 18:2. 5. One of the priests who "sealed the covenant;" ''i.e.,'' appended their seals unto it to signify that they were parties to it. &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:7. 6. [[A]] priest who returned with [[Zerubbabel]] from Babylon. &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:17. </p>

<p> '''Abi'a, Abi'ah,''' or '''Abi'jah.''' ''(my father is Jehovah).'' </p> <p> 1. Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. &nbsp;1 Kings 4:21; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 12:16. He is called '''Abai, Abiah,''' or '''Abijah''' in Chronicles, '''Abijam''' in Kings. He began to reign [[B.C.]] 959, and reigned three years. He endeavored to recover the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, and made war on Jeroboam. He was successful in battle, and took several of the cities of Israel. We are told that he walked in all the sins of Rehoboam. &nbsp;1 Kings 14:23-24. </p> <p> 2. The second son of Samuel, called Abai, Abiah, Abija, or Abia, Course of in our version. ''See '' '''Abai, Abiah, Abijam, or Abia, Course of''' ''.'' </p> <p> 3. Son of Jeroboam [[I,]] king of Israel; died in his childhood. &nbsp;1 Kings 14:1. </p> <p> 4. [[A]] descendant of Eleazar, who gave his name to the eighth of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided by David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:10; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 8:14; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:17. </p> <p> 5. One of the priests who entered into a covenant with Nehemiah to walk in God's law, &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:7, unless the name is rather that of a family, and the same with the preceding. </p>