Abijam
King of Judah, son of Rehoboam (1KI 14:31) [Abijah in 2CH 12:16]
PersonTribe of Judahmale20 verses
Names
- Abijam — אֲבִיָּם aviyam “[my] father is Yam [the sea]” (H38) · Αβιου Abiou — 1 Kings 14:31
- Abijah — אֲבִיָּה abiyah “[my] father is y-h-v-h” (H29) · Αβια Abia (G7) — 1 Chronicles 3:10
Family
- father of Asa (King of Judah, son of incestuous relationship…) (inferred)
Dated events
- Abijam's reign as king over Judah begins — 3,049 AH · 958 BC (Ussher) — 1 Kings 15:1
- Abijam's reign as king over Judah ends* — 3,052 AH · 955 BC (Ussher) — 1 Kings 15:2
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Jerusalem — Abijam's reign as king over Judah begins (1 Kings 15:1)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- City of David — 4 shared verses
- Bethel 1 — 1 shared verse
- Ephron 2 — 1 shared verse
- Gibeah 2 — 1 shared verse
- Jeshanah — 1 shared verse
- Mount Zemaraim — 1 shared verse
Appearances
Topical references
- King of Judah — 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 12:16
- History of — 1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Chronicles 13
- Succeeded by Asa — 1 Kings 15:8; 2 Chronicles 14:1
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.