6 others in the registry answer to the name Abijah. Every Abijah in the Bible
- verses
- 20
- first named
- 1 Kings 14:31
- last named
- Matthew 1:7
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Abijah?
Abijah, also known as Abijam (1Ki.14.31), was the second king of Judah after the division of the united monarchy. He was the son of Rehoboam and Maacah, the daughter of Absalom (2Ch.11.20). Abijah reigned for three years in Jerusalem (2Ch.13.1-2; 1Ki.15.1-2).
During his reign, there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam, the king of Israel (2Ch.13.3). In a battle at Mount Zemaraim, Abijah addressed the Israelites, emphasizing the legitimacy of the Davidic dynasty and the importance of the Levitical priesthood (2Ch.13.4-12). Despite being outnumbered, Judah prevailed against Israel because they relied on the Lord (2Ch.13.13-18).
Abijah expanded his power, taking cities from Jeroboam and growing stronger (2Ch.13.19-21). However, like his father Rehoboam, Abijah did not fully follow the Lord and allowed idolatry to persist in Judah (1Ki.15.3). He walked in all the sins of his father and did not have a fully devoted heart like his ancestor David (1Ki.15.3).
Abijah had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters (2Ch.13.21). After his death, his son Asa succeeded him as king (1Ki.15.8; 2Ch.14.1). Abijah is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Mat.1.7.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 18 are drawn. All 18 are listed below.
Child of
Father of
- Asaregistry1 Chronicles 3:10Matthew 1:7
Sibling of
Stands in the same events as
- Jeroboam6 events
- Jerusalem5 events
- Judah4 events
- Asa3 events
- Rehoboam3 events
- Kingship2 events
- Israel1 event
- David1 event
- Ephraim1 event
- Village1 event
- Bethel1 event
- Maacah1 event
and 6 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Abijah is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
20 verses across 4 of 66 books; 62 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (14) and Matthew (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 20, across 4 books. The name is written 22 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 1 Kings 15Abijah reigned in Jerusalem for three years, and war continued between his house and Jeroboam’s.
- 2 Chronicles 11Abijah was appointed chief prince among Rehoboam’s brothers, with the intention that he should become king.
- 2 Chronicles 13Abijah became king of Judah, addressed Jeroboam from Mount Zemaraim, defeated Israel, captured cities, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 14Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
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