Abijah

Samuel’s second son. He and his older brother, Joel, were corrupt judges in Beersheba. Because of their corruption, Israel’s leaders demanded to be ruled by a king (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28).

The son of King Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel. The boy’s illness led his family to seek guidance from the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh (1 Kings 14:1–2).

An alternate name for Abijam, king of Judah, in 2 Chronicles 12:16–14:1 and Matthew 1:7.

See Abijam.

Ahaz’s wife, and mother of King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:1). Sometimes written as “Abi” (2 Kings 18:2). She was Zechariah’s daughter.

Becher’s son from Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chronicles 7:8).

The Levite who headed the eighth of the 24 priestly divisions established by King David (1 Chronicles 24:10; Luke 1:5).

The head of a priestly family who signed Ezra’s promise of faithfulness to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:7).

The head of a priestly family who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 12:4). Perhaps of the same family as #7.