Abijah
Abijah was the head of the eighth priestly division established during King David's reign, and Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, belonged to this division.
The name Abijah means “the Lord is my father”
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Summary
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1 Chronicles 24:10; referred to as Abijah (אֲבִיָּה) or Abijah (Ἀβιά).
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- …the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.