This is the name of Abijah: King of Judah, son of Rehoboam.
Definition
from H1 and H3220; father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman); Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah
Traditional renderings: Abijam.
Traditional renderings: Abijam.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- 1 Kings 14:31אֲבִיָּ֥ם · AbijamAnd Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:1אֲבִיָּ֖ם · AbijamIn the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
- 1 Kings 15:7 (2×)אֲבִיָּם֙ · of Abijam; אֲבִיָּ֖ם · AbijamAs for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, 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 15:8אֲבִיָּם֙ · And AbijamAnd Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.