Topic
Abia
7 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 24:10Easton · Nave 1. Also called ABIJAH, chief of the twenty-four courses of priests
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- Luke 1:5Easton · Nave 1. Also called ABIJAH, chief of the twenty-four courses of priests
¶ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
- 1 Samuel 8:1–5Nave 2. Son of Samuel
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after…
- 1 Chronicles 6:28Nave 2. Son of Samuel
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8Easton
And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
- Nehemiah 12:4Nave 1. Also called ABIJAH, chief of the twenty-four courses of priests
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
- Matthew 1:7Easton
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
My father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt. 1:7), instead of Abiah (1 Chr. 7:8). In Luke 1:5, the name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests (1 Chr. 24:10).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.