Abijah of Judah

Abijah
King of Judah
Reignc. 913 – 911 BCE
PredecessorRehoboam
SuccessorAsa
Bornc. 950 BCE
Jerusalem
Died911 BCE
possibly Jerusalem
Burial
Jerusalem
Spouse14 wives
Issue22 sons and 16 daughters
Hebrew nameאבים בן-רחבעם
’Aviyam ben Rehav’am
HouseHouse of David
FatherRehoboam
MotherMaacah, or Micaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, and granddaughter of Absalom

Abijam (Hebrew: אֲבִיָּם, Modern: ʼAvīyam, Tiberian: ʼĂḇīyyām, "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea/is Yam"; Biblical Greek: Αβιού, romanized: Aviou; Latin: Abiam)[1] was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam and the grandson of Solomon.[2][3][4] The Books of Chronicles refer to him as Abijah.[a][5]

  1. ^ "1 Kings 15:1 Multilingual: Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah". mlbible.com.
  2. ^ Pulkrabek 2007, p. 39.
  3. ^ Provan, Hubbard & Johnston 2012, p. 189.
  4. ^ Zucker 2013, p. 194.
  5. ^ 2 Chronicles 13:1–22


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