Abia
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1. Also called ABIJAH, chief of the twenty-four courses of priests
1 Chr 24:10; Neh 12:4; Luke 1:5
10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
1 Chronicles 24:104 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
Nehemiah 12:45 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Luke 1:5 -
2. Son of Samuel
1 Sam 8:1–5; 1 Chr 6:28
1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 8:128 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
1 Chronicles 6:28 - 3. King of Judah
- See Abijam
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
