20, and II Kings viii. c. Abijah
golden calf there. Abijah, also spelled Abia, Hebrew Abiyyah, or Abiyyahu, ("Yahweh Is My Father"), any of nine different persons mentioned in the Bible, of whom the most noteworthy are the following: (1) The son and successor of Rehoboam, king of Judah (II Chronicles 12:16, 13), who reigned about two years (c. 915-913 bc). [18] Baasha built the fortress of Ramah on the border, less than ten miles from Jerusalem. Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill
He outlived his father Rehoboam by only three short years. 1. 4:14), b. When Abijah became king he continued the war and battles that his father fought with Jeroboam. c. Abijah
three years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Micaiah the daughter of
She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.'. 145).[15]. BOUNDARY CHANGES, MOVES & LOST RECORDS. 14At that time Jeroboams son Abijah became sick. [17], Although Abijah took up God's cause against Jeroboam, the idolatrous king of Israel, he was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of his victory over the latter for any considerable time, dying as he did shortly after his campaign (Josephus, "Ant." But you have not been like My servant David. 5:2127). sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Daughter - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_of_Judah&oldid=1133469209, This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 23:40. Rehoboam and Judah sin against the Lord, 1 Kings 4:21-24. King Abijah became a king at the time King Jeroboam I had reigned for 18 years and he died during the 21 st year of King Jeroboam's reign. Did you present Me with sacrifices
Exodus 32:28, d. Golden
Rehoboam's mother . a. them. Israel fell slain. the days of our life. Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I
You cannot
attend to their work. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, h who said of me that I should be king over this people. These dates are one year earlier than those given in the third edition of Thiele's Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, thereby correcting an internal inconsistency that Thiele never resolved. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. [1] John Gilbert died in 1869 per his Tombstone, other record says march 1868 (aged 111-112). 4. must not be double minded men: But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of
and Seder 'Olam R. Israel. (1 Kings 14:2224). xvii.). 1. 24In their religion there were men in the land who sold the use of their bodies. set up two sanctuaries: in the north at Dan and in the south at Bethel. [20] Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Asa's dates are taken as 912/911 to 871/870 BC in the present article. and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the Lord as priests, and the Levites
2. Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. But Jeroboam, the king of the ten tribes, died when he had governed them two and twenty years; whose son Nadab succeeded him, in the second year of the reign of Asa. 26He took away the riches of the Lords house and the riches of the kings house. Maacah lost, was deposed, and lived out the rest of her life in the Jerusalem harem. And before the army of Judah knew, King Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. His army consisted of four hundred thousand, but the army of Jeroboam was double to it. 1Ki 14:1-20. King Abijah didn't do everything right when he ruled Judah, but there were some things that he did do well. The prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone of all the house of Jeroboam there was . While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the building of the fortress Millo in Jerusalem and of other public works, and he naturally became conversant with the widespread discontent caused by the extravagances which marked the reign of Solomon. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abijah, Fact Monster - People - Biography of Abijah. In a bid to serve him with justice, he went to war intending to reclaim the ten tribes that were under the leadership of King Jeroboam. [27], The account of Jeroboam's life, like that of all his successors, ends with the formula "And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel".[28]. [Pire Rabbenu ha-adosh, v. 14, ed. His reign is dated between 913-910 BC to 873-869 BC. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 915913 BCE. During the reign of King Rehoboam, Israel split into two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah. Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape. (1 Samuel
Following the death of Rehoboam, his son Abijah succeeded the throne as King of Judah. was committed to keeping power at all costs exactly like King Saul. e. Abijah
4. After concluding a battle with Zerah of Ethiopia in the 10th year of his reign, there was peace in Judah (2 Chronicles 14:1,9) until the 36th year of Asa's reign (2 Chronicles 16:1). [12] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. 29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? She is unnamed in the Masoretic Text, but according to the Septuagint, she was an Egyptian princess called Ano: In 1 Kings,[17] Jeroboam's son Abijah gets sick, and he sends his wife to the prophet Ahijah. cross! b. Jeroboam
There was a war between King Abijah and King Jeroboam I. Jeroboam. (3) The eighth among "the holy captains and captains of God" appointed . Summary statement of Jeroboam's reign 21-31. This was the speech which Abijah made to the multitude. He took everything. with the first three years of his father Rehoboam's good reign, and Abijah's. Absalom is described as only having one daughter, Tamar. 2 Chronicles 14 tells us straightaway that Abijah eventually slept with his fathers and we are immediately introduced to his son, Asa. Reign of Abijah. The rabbis also point out that it was improper for Abijah to accuse the whole of Israel of idolatry and to proclaim the appointment of Jeroboam as king to have been the work of "vain men, the children of Belial" (II Chron. total reign was 3 years and the details of his reign appear that he was a good
For there is no partiality
b. Abijah
Either, first, Presently after the things described in the former chapter; which though related in the beginning of his reign, yet might be done a good while after it, and so Ahijah the prophet might be very old, as he is described to be, 1 Kings 14:4. Exodus 32:35, e. Golden
comments, input or corrections. Asa tore down the unfinished fortress and used its raw materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah, on his side of the border.[15]. man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:58), b. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. And when silence was made, he began to speak, and told them, -- "God had consented that David and his posterity should be their rulers for all time to come, and this you yourselves are not unacquainted with; but I cannot but wonder how you should forsake my father, and join yourselves to his servant Jeroboam, and are now here with him to fight against those who, by God's own determination, are to reign, and to deprive them of that dominion which they have still retained; for as to the greater part of it, Jeroboam is unjustly in possession of it. 5. to flee to Jerusalem. 4. 23); that is, he was afflicted with gout. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably occurred towards the end of his reign; his son Abijah was of age and considered by the people the heir to the throne.Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised, and with presents, to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh, to inquire concerning his son, who was sick, 1 Kings 14:1-4. What
Genevieve, Missouri, United States in 1805. Ahijah guarantees death, the end of the dynasty, and exile 17-18. Abijah Livermore BIRTH 12 Dec 1737, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 18 Jan 1817 (aged 79), Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 170962849 Per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to g Shiloh. yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? him. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. (2
We'll start with the Scripture passage in which Abishag is brought to David: "When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. Thus it is stated that he mutilated the corpses of Jeroboam's soldiers, and even would not permit them to be interred until they had arrived at a state of putrefaction. the battle with an army of valiant warriors, 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam
7) exemptsto march along (Soah 10a). King Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem. Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles
Abijah was a wicked king: "He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of . "routed" by God through the army of Abijah. the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for
hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight
people did not answer him a word. (1 Kings 18:21), c. So
King Abijah continued to be great. xiii. so they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. Abijah
Good
However, in Hebrew, "mother" and "grandmother" are the same word, once again removing any contradiction.[12]. Alternate titles: Abia, Abiyyah, Abiyyahu. (19011906). [21] The Biblical sources mention that Abijah addressed the armies of Israel, urging them to submit and to let the Kingdom of Israel be whole again,[22] but his plea fell on deaf ears. While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the . But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is
When King Rehoboam, the first king of Judah, died, his son Abijah also called Abijam was made a king in his place. Abijah ruled Judah for only three years before he died. She groaned for days and . 3. But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen wives to
country of Ephraim, and said, Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel: Do you
Luke, my fellow workers. (Philemon 2324), c. Make
He lived well past "half [the] days . Why do you pretend to be another woman? And what is it you depend upon for victory? Jeroboam's child dies 19-20. The death of Jeroboam's child 1. In 2 Kings 18:2 Abi occurs as an abbreviation of this name. with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. Then he died and was buried with his ancestors. And He said to them,
Luke 1:5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. Asa (Hebrew: , Modern: Asa, Tiberian: s; Greek: ; Latin: Asa) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David.The Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign between 40-41 years. [5], Influenced by the words of the prophet Ahijah,[6] he began to form conspiracies with the view of becoming king of the ten northern tribes; but these were discovered, and he fled to Egypt, where he remained under the protection of Pharaoh Shishak until the death of Solomon. 2. [2][3][4] The Books of Chronicles refers to him as Abijah.[a][5]. Or is it the exceeding multitude of your army which gives you such good hopes? we do know for certain, is that Abijah was guilty of exactly the same sins of
Despite giving birth to a dozen children, Hannah survived her husband by fourteen years. (2) The second son of Samuel (I Samuel 8:2; I Chronicles 6:28), who, with his brother Joel, served as a judge at Beersheba. He followed the same sins as his father and did not worship God. his own against them. 8I tore the nation away from the family of David and gave it to you. A grandson of Benjamin, listed in seventh position . Answer. But while he was still speaking Jeroboam sent some of his soldiers privately to encompass Abijab round about, on certain parts of the camp that were not taken notice of; and when he was thus within the compass of the enemy, his army was affrighted, and their courage failed them; but Abijah encouraged them, and exhorted them to place their hopes on God, for that he was not encompassed by the enemy. Abijah waged war against the Northern kingdom, and just like his father Rehoboam, he did not follow the paths of righteousness ( 1 Kings 15 ). [20] During his short reign of three years, Abijah went to considerable lengths to bring the Kingdom of Israel back under his control. Abijam was the king in Jerusalem for 3 years. It is written about him that he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 31Rehoboam died and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. Yet did not Jeroboam lay any of these things to heart, but he brought together a very numerous army, and made a warlike expedition against Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, who had succeeded his father in the kingdom of the two tribes; for he despised him because of his age. xx. If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. But the
1. which were on the mind of Jesus on the
1. For the Lord has said it. 12Get up and go to your house. If
Abijah and his
captured Jeshanah, a town in Ephraim and added it to his domain of control. Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to
[13] The prophecy is fulfilled in 2 Kings. One battle, in particular, took place between the two kings is found in 2 Chronicles 13. . The Chronicler stated that after Abijah's death, Asa, his son, succeeded him. On Sept. 29, 2002, Randell's wife, Sonita L. Barkley, drowned their three sons - 4 -year-old Jehdiah, 3-year-old Abijah and 7-month-old Shereef - in a bathtub. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the Judean year beginning in Tishri of 912/911 BCE. 2 . 14But the Lord will send a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam this day and from now on. 10So I am bringing trouble upon the family of Jeroboam. Some assert that he himself undertook a pilgrimage."[18]. In 1 Chronicles 24, the order of Temple customer is laid get by operating numbering one through 24, with Abijah schedule as nine in the . E. R. Thiele offers the dates 914/913 911/910 BCE. 1 Kings 15:3 says, " He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been ." hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies. xiii. treatise of the prophet Iddo. (2 Chronicles 13:122). Nor did Abijah show himself zealous in God's cause after all; for when, by the conquest of Bethel (II Chron. His mother Maachah was a daughter (or granddaughter) 3 of Absalom. insanity, delusion, confusion, bees, illness, plague etc. It was further shown in the study on Exodus 12:40-41 that Israel was in Egypt for a total of 430 years, of which the first 30 years were ones in which they were at peace with the Egyptians, but the. Abijam is another variant found in the Masoretic text at 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7, 8.However, in 1 Kings 14:31 about 12 Hebrew manuscripts and the Bomberg edition of the Hebrew Bible of Jacob ben Chayyim (1524-1525) read "Abijah.". to Dalmatia. (2 Timothy 4:9-10), d. For
Hours later, Barkley, who was. He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). According to the Book of Chronicles Abijah had a force of 400,000 and Jeroboam 800,000. Kings 14:2224. The question that puzzled Heinrich Ewald ("Gesch. Shittim, just before crossing the Jordan: "Those who died by the plague
22Judah did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. [1], Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Abijah then rallied his own troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God is with us as our leader". my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas,
Abijah
Calf at Sinai: "Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did
26 (Tosef., Soah, xii. [9] In Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word, removing any contradiction there. Buber, 1, has seven instead of five.]. a. 28b) as an allusion to Abijah's courageous and pious act in removing the sentinels placed by his father on the frontier between Israel and Judah to prevent pilgrimages to Jerusalem. 7); Asa by his feet (compare as to Adam B. Test
xvi. recaptured Bethel and Ephron, which were historically part of the tribe of
But when he heard of the expedition of Jeroboam, he was not affrighted at it, but proved of a courageous temper of mind, superior both to his youth and to the hopes of his enemy; so he chose him an army out of the two tribes, and met Jeroboam at a place called Mount Zemaraim, and pitched his camp near the other, and prepared everything necessary for the fight. We announce the death of Christopher Valerie, better known as Chris and Uncle Toto from the village of Cochrane who resided in River Estate, Canefield .He who died on the 23nd of March at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital. And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. (1 Kings
King Abijah died of natural causes and his son Asa was made a king in his place. They did according to all
And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot
His mothers name was Maacah, also called Michaiah. sons of Judah conquered because they trusted in the Lord, the God of their
Home BIBLE CHARACTERS History of King Abijah (Abijam), Father: King Rehoboam, 1 Kings 15:8Predecessor: King Rehoboam, 1 Kings 15:8Mother: Maacah/Michaiah, 2 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Kings 15:2Reign: 913 BC 912 BCSuccession: 2nd kingKingdom: Kingdom of JudahLength of reign: 3 years, 1 Kings 15:2Successor: King Asa, 1 Kings 15:8Other names: Abijam, 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1; 1 Kings 15:7-8Morality: evil, 1 Kings 15:3Biblical history: 2 Chronicles 13:1-22; 1 Kings 15:18. other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. 4. 669, note 5) and others, "Where was the brazen serpent till the time of Hezekiah?" Uriel of Gibeah. same time: a. The
king/Bad king: He was a double-minded king who worshipped idols at the same
And he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the families of Israel to put His name there. Philistines captured the ark. 58a; Tan., Aare Mot, ed. King Abijah, son of King Rehoboam, was a king who did wicked in God's eyes: "And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father" ( 1 Kings 15:3 ). came near to all the people and said, How long will you hesitate between two
Is it upon these golden heifers, and the altars that you have on high places, which are demonstrations of your impiety, and not of religious worship? Now
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22), but forced also the students of the Lawnay, even newly married husbands, whom the Law (Deut. himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. Epaphras,
1 Kings 14:1. Good
came to the border area between Israel and Judah and stood on a mountain in
But Abijah grew in strength. Upon witnessing King Abijah's victories, King Jeroboam's strength lessened as we can read from 2 Chronicles 13:20-21 - "Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. bijah) [My Father Is Jehovah]. The
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