'''Abijah''' means "My father is Jah (short form of Jehovah)", in the [[Hebrew Bible]].

# [[Books of Chronicles|1 Chronicles]] 7:8.
# 1 Chr. 2:24.
# '''Abijah''' is also the second son of [[Samuel (Bible)|Samuel]] ([[Books of Samuel|1 Samuel]] 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government.
# Another '''Abijah''' was a descendant of [[Eleazar]], the son of [[Aaron]], a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by [[David (biblical king)|David]] (1 Chr. 24:10). The order of Abijah was one of those which did not return from the Captivity ([[Book of Ezra|Ezra]] 2:36-39; [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]] 7:39-42; 12:1).
# The '''Abijah''' or [[Abijam]], who was son of [[Rehoboam]], and succeeded him on the throne of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] (1 Chr. 3:10).
# Furthermore, '''Abijah''' was also the name of a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. 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 found "some good thing toward the Lord," he only would come to his grave in peace. As his mother crossed the threshold of the door on her return, the youth died, and "all Israel mourned for him" ([[Books of Kings|1 Kings]] 14:1-18).
# The daughter of Zechariah (2 Chr. 29:1; compare [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 8:2), and afterwards the wife of [[Ahaz]] was also named '''Abijah'''. She is also called Abi (2 Kings 18:2).
# One of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8) was '''Abijah''', also known by the name ''Abiah''.

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