King of Judah, Rehoboam's son, who fought Jeroboam. He reigned over Judah about 958–955 BC, by Ussher’s count. The King James Version names Abijah in 20 verses, from 1 Kings 14:31 to Matthew 1:7. The King James Version also gives the name Abijah to 4 other people, listed on this page.
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Who Abijah was.
The son of Rehoboam, whom he succeeded on the throne of Judah (1 Chr. 3:10). He is also called Abijam (1 Kings 14:31; 15:1-8). He began his three years’ reign (2 Chr. 12:16; 13:1, 2) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes to their allegiance. His address to “Jeroboam and all Israel,” before encountering them in battle, is worthy of being specially noticed (2 Chr. 13:5-12). It was a very bloody battle, no fewer than 500,000 of the army of Israel having perished on the field. He is described as having walked “in all the sins of his father” (1 Kings 15:3; 2 Chr. 11:20-22). It is said in 1 Kings 15:2 that “his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom;” but in 2 Chr. 13:2 we read, “his mother’s name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.” The explanation is that Maachah is just a variation of the name Michaiah, and that Abishalom is probably the same as Absalom, the son of David. It is probable that “Uriel of Gibeah” married Tamar, the daughter of Absalom (2 Sam. 14:27), and by her had Maachah. The word “daughter” in 1 Kings 15:2 will thus, as it frequently elsewhere does, mean grand-daughter.
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All 20 verses that name this Abijah.
1 Kings 4
1 Kings 14:31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15:1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
1 Kings 15:7Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
1 Kings 15:8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 1
1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
2 Chronicles 14
2 Chronicles 11:20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles 11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
2 Chronicles 12:16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 13:1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 13:3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
2 Chronicles 13:4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
2 Chronicles 13:15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chronicles 13:19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
2 Chronicles 13:20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles 13:21But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 13:22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles 14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
Matthew 1
Matthew 1:7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Nehemiah 12:17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah, and afterwards the wife of Ahaz.
Named in 2 verses.
2 Kings 18:2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
2 Chronicles 29:1Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Abijah, a descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of one of….
Luke 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Abijah, a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel.
Named in 1 verse.
1 Kings 14:1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Questions about Abijah.
Who was Abijah in the Bible?
King of Judah, Rehoboam's son, who fought Jeroboam. The King James Version names Abijah in 20 verses, from 1 Kings 14:31 to Matthew 1:7.
Who were Abijah’s parents?
His father was Rehoboam and his mother Maachah.
Who was Abijah’s child?
BibleLectio’s family tree lists Asa.
Where does Abijah speak in the Bible?
In 9 verses of the King James Version, all in 2 Chronicles. His first words are in 2 Chronicles 13:4.