Topic
Abijah or Abijam
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 4:21Smith
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 1 Kings 14:1Smith
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
- 1 Kings 14:23Smith
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 1 Kings 14:24Smith
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 24:10Smith
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- 2 Chronicles 8:14Smith
¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses…
- 2 Chronicles 12:16Smith
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
- Nehemiah 10:7Smith
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
- Nehemiah 12:4Smith
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
- Nehemiah 12:17Smith
Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
- Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16) He is called ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH in Chronicles, ABIJAM in Kings. He began to reign B.C. 959, and reigned three years. He endeavored to recover the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, and made war on Jeroboam. He was successful in battle, and took several of the cities of Israel. We are told that he walked in all the sins of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 14:23,24)
- The second son of Samuel, called ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIA, COURSE OFH in our version. [ABIA, COURSE OF, ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIA, COURSE OFH, No. 3]
- Son of Jeroboam I., king of Israel; died in his childhood. (1 Kings 14:1) ...
- A descendant of Eleazar, who gave his name to the eighth of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided by David. (1 Chronicles 24:10; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 12:4,17)
- One of the priests who entered into a covenant with Nehemiah to walk in God’s law, (Nehemiah 10:7) unless the name is rather that of a family, and the same with the preceding.
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.