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ABIJAH (Heb. Abiyyah and Abiyyahu, "Yah is. father")

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 62 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ABIJAH (Heb. Abiyyah and Abiyyahu, "Yah is. father") , a name borne by nine different persons mentioned in the Old Testament, of whom the most noteworthy are the following. (I) The son and successor of Rehoboam, king of Judah (2 Chron. xii. reigned about two years (918915 B.C.). The ac-
counts
  of him in the books of Kings and Chronicles are very conflicting (compare r Kings xv. 2 and .2 Chron. xi.2o with 2 Chron. xiii.2). The Chronicler tells us that he has
drawn
  his facts from the Midrash (Commentary) of the prophet Iddo. This is perhaps sufficient to explain the
character
  of the narrative. (2) The second sonof
Samuel
  (I Sam. viii. 2; I Chron vi. 28 [13]). He and his brother Joel judged at Beersheba. Their misconduct was made by the elders of
Israel
  a pretext for demanding a king (I Sam. viii. 4). (3) A son of Jeroboam I., king of
Israel
 ; he died
young
  (1 Sings xiv. r if., 17), (4) Head of the eighth order of priests (1 Chron. xxiv. To), the order to which Zacharias, the father of. John the Baptist, belonged (Luke i. 5).
The alternative form Abijam is probably a
mistake
 , though it is upheld by M. Jastrow.


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