Abías (Heb. ‘Abîyâh, “Yahweh is a father”; gr. Abiá). 1. Youngest son of Samuel; he was appointed as a judge in Beersheba when his father grew old, but his actions were corrupt (1Sa 8:2, 3; 1Ch 6:28). 2. Son of Jeroboam I, king of Israel. As a child he fell ill and his father sent his wife to the prophet Ahijah for help. She disguised herself as her, but the prophet recognized her and predicted the child’s death, which occurred shortly after her (1Ki 14:1-18). 3. Wife of Hezron, a famous ancestor from the line of Judah (1Ch 2:24). The DHH version follows the text of the LXX and does not translate the Heb. ‘abîyâh as a proper name, but by “his father of him”; therefore, Hezron’s wife would be Ephrata and not Abijah. 4. Second king of Judah after Solomon, called Abijam* by the author of Kings (1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 11:20, 22; 12:16; 13:1-14:1; Mat 1:7). He was the son of Rehoboam and ruled Judah for 3 years (c913-c911 BC; cf Chr. 13:2 with 1Ki 15:1, 9 for discrepancies in years). On his mother’s side he was a descendant of Absalom (15:2). He followed the wickedness of his father and also the war against Jeroboam I (vs 3, 6, 7); in a certain battle, because they “relied on the Lord,” he was able to inflict a severe defeat on Israel (2Ch 13:3-20). He had 14 wives, 22 sons, and 16 daughters (v 21). The biography of him was written by the prophet lddo (and 22). The apparent contradiction regarding Abijah’s mother (cf 1Ki 15:2 with 2Ch 13:2) is generally explained by saying that “Maacah, daughter of Abisalom” or Absalom, was actually the granddaughter, not the daughter, of Absalom. The Hebrew word translated “daughter”* can also refer to any female descendant, no matter how remote. 5. Grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 7:8). 6. Descendant of Aaron, head of the 8th of the 24 paternal houses into which the priests were divided in David’s time (1Ch 24:10). 7. Mother of Hezekiah (2Ch 29:1), called Abi* in 2Ki 18:2 8. Priest who signed the covenant in the days of Nehemiah (Neh 10:7). She would have belonged to the family described in Abijah 9. 9. Chief priest who returned from Babylon at the time of Zerubbabel (Neh 12: 4). A family of priests was named after him in the days of Nehemiah (and 17). The father of John the Baptist would have belonged to this family (Luk 1:5).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Hebrew Abiyya, the Lord is father. 1. Son of the prophet Samuel, appointed by him, with Joel, his older brother, judge in Beersheba 1 S 8, 2; 1 Cro 6, 13. his corruption caused the people to ask Samuel for a king 1 S 8, 3-5. 2. Second king of Judah (913-911 BC), son of Rehoboam Mt 1, 7, and Maaka 1 R 15, 1-18. King Jeroboam I was king in Israel, from whom A. snatched the cities of Bethel, Yesana and Ephron 2 Cro 13, 19. his religious conduct was not exemplary 1 R 15, 3. His son Asa succeeded him. 3. Son of Jeroboam I, whose early death, as well as the extinction of his lineage, was predicted in Shiloh by the prophet Ahijah 1 R 14, 1-18. 4. On whom fell the first lot of the eighth priestly class 1 Cro 24, 10.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
1. Seventh son of Becher, son of Benjamin (7:8).
2. Second son of Samuel who was appointed judge by his father and became corrupt (1Sa 8:2; 1Ch 6:28).
3. Descendant of Aaron. Of the 24 groups of priests (1Ch 24:10), he was the ancestral head of the group to which the father of John the Baptist belonged (Luk 1:5).
4. Son of Jeroboam I (1Ki 14:1-18). While still a child, he died of a disease, in fulfillment of a prophecy of Ahijah and as a judgment for Jeroboam’s apostasy.
5. King of Judah, the son and successor of Rehoboam. He made war on Jeroboam in an effort to get back the ten tribes of Israel. At the beginning of a battle he appealed to Jeroboam not to oppose God, who had given the kingdom to David and his children forever; Abijah, though with a smaller army, won a decisive victory. He married 14 women and followed the corrupt ways of his father. He reigned three years (2Ch 12:16—2Ch 14:1).
6. Chief of the priests who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:4, Neh 12:17).
7. Priest of the time of Nehemiah (Neh 10:7).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(My father is Jehovah). Name of people from the OT.
1. Priest in the time of King David. He touched the eighth lot or order in the service in the house of Jehovah (1Ch 24:10). His family was reorganized in the days of Nehemiah and † ¢ Ezra under the leadership of † ¢ Zicri (Neh 12:17). †¢Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, was †œof the class of A.† (Luke 1:5).
. Character in the offspring of Benjamin. Son of Becher (1Ch 7:8).
. Son of Samuel (1Sa 8: 1-5) who was distinguished by his corruption, along with his brother † ¢ Joel, causing by his bad behavior that the people wanted to be ruled by a king.
. Son of Jeroboam I who fell ill, the king sending his wife to the prophet † ¢ Ahijah to find out if he would heal. Despite his verdict of judgment, the prophet said that Israel would mourn him, because “something good had been found in him before the Lord God of Israel” (1Ki 14:1-13).
. King of Judah, successor to †¢Rehoboam, who continued the war against †¢Jeroboam I of Israel (1Ki 15:6-7). His reign was about three years. It seems that he had a bad start, following the example of his father, but then he changed his behavior. The Scriptures say that God allowed A. to live “for David’s sake” (1Ki 15:4). In 2Ch 13:1-20 the final confrontation of A. with Jeroboam II is narrated. Being outnumbered, A. gave a speech reiterating the legitimacy of the Davidic line of succession and emphasizing that in Judah the true God was followed, with the true worship. The battle was favorable to A., who even took † œa Bethel with his villages, Jesana with his villages, and Ephraim with his villages. And Jeroboam had power no more in the days of A.†
. Mother of Hezekiah (2Ch 29:1). In 2Ki 18:2 she is called †¢Abi.
. One of the householders who came with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Neh 12:4).
. Woman of the descendants of Judah, wife of Hezron (1Ch 2:24).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, BIOG JUDGE SACE KINGE HOMB HOAT HSHA MUJE MUAT MSHA “Jehovah is Father or Jehovah is careful.” Fairly common name in Hebrew and also used in its feminine form. Among the main characters mentioned are: (a) Second son of Samuel, who, together with his brother, was judge of Israel by appointment of his father. Corruption and mismanagement of justice made the people rise up, who asked for a king (1 Sam. 8:1-5). (b) Founder of a family among the descendants of Aaron and Eleazar. In David’s time, when the Temple service was organized, the eighth division was named after him (1 Chron. 24:10). In the New Testament he is called by the name Abia (Luke 1:5). Of the class of Abijah was Zacharias the priest, father of John the Baptist. (c) One of the sons of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. He was a well-liked and popular young man who was mourned by the people when he died young (1 Kings 14:1-18). (d) Son of Rehoboam, the first king of Judah (Mt. 1:7); in 1st Kings. he receives the name Abijam. His reign was short, only three years, and he came to the throne in Jeroboam’s 18th year, 958 BC. He was a military man of some ingenuity and defeated Jeroboam in a memorable battle (2 Chron. 13); despite this he followed the bad examples of his father (1 Kings 14: 23-24). (e) In the feminine form of him bear this name: the mother of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:1) and the wife of Hezron, grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:24). Hezekiah’s mother is called Abia in 2 Kings 18:2.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
He was the son of Rehoboam, grandson of Solomon and second king of the kingdom of Judah during the years 915-913 BC. J. He followed the evil ways of his father and his heart was not faithful to God. He is among the ancestors of Jesus (Mt 1,7).
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FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
(My Father is Jehovah).
In 2 Kings 18:2 the name Abi appears as an abbreviation for Abijah. Another variant of this name is Abiyam, used in the Masoretic text at 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7, 8. However, some twelve Hebrew manuscripts and the Bomberg edition of the Hebrew Bible by Jacob ben Hayim (1524-1525) read “Abijah” at 1 Kings 14:31.
1. Grandson of Benjamin; he appears in seventh position in the list of the nine sons of Béker. (1Ch 7:8.)
2. According to the masoretic text, wife of Hezron, grandson of Judah through his daughter-in-law Tamar. It is possible that this Abijah was the mother of Ashur, the father of Teqoa. (1Ch 2:4, 5, 24; see HEZRí“N No. 2.)
3. Second son of the prophet Samuel. Samuel appointed him and his brother Joel, the firstborn, as judges of Israel in Beer-sheba when he grew old, but because they perverted judgment, took bribes, and gained unjustly, the elders of Israel asked Samuel to appoint a judge. king to rule the nation. (1Sa 8:1-5; 1Ch 6:28)
4. Priest descendant of Aaron who was head of one of the paternal houses of Israel at the time of David. This king distributed the priesthood into twenty-four divisions, each of which was to serve in the sanctuary for one week every six months. He chose Abijah’s parental household by lot to head the eighth division, and it was known thereafter as † œAbijah’s division †. (1Ch 24:3-10; Lu 1:5) Thus, Zechariah the priest, the father of John the Baptist, was said to belong to “the division of Abijah.”
5. One of the twenty-eight sons of Rehoboam. He was also called Abiyam, and he became the second king of the two-tribe kingdom of Judah. He reigned from 980 to 978 BC. CE (1Ki 14:31–15:8.) He was a royal descendant of David on both his father’s and mother’s sides, and his generation was the sixteenth in the royal line of Jesus Christ from Abraham. (1Ch 3:10; Mt 1:7) Of Rehoboam’s eighteen wives and sixty concubines, the most beloved was Absalom’s granddaughter Maacah (called Micaia at 2 Chronicles 13:2), whom he favored over the others choosing his son Abijah to succeed him on the throne, although he was not his firstborn. (2Ch 11:20-22.)
When Abijah ascended the throne, in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam I of Israel, hostilities arose again between the northern and southern kingdoms, and war broke out. In battle array against Judah’s army—400,000 mighty and chosen men—were Jeroboam’s 800,000 warriors. Undaunted by such inequality, Abijah addressed Jeroboam’s crowd with an impassioned speech in which he condemned their idolatrous calf worship and reminded them that Jehovah’s covenant with David was for a kingdom that would never end. “With us the true God is at the head,” Abijah declared, “do not fight against Jehovah, for you will not succeed.”—2Ch 12:16–13:12.
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