Abijah
Also known as Abijah of Judah
male human biblical figure in 1 Kings 14:31 and 2 Chronicles, second King of Judah
Key facts
- Reign
- c. 913 – 911 BCE
- Predecessor
- Rehoboam
- Successor
- Asa
- Born
- c. 950 BCE , Jerusalem
- Died
- 911 BCE, possibly Jerusalem
- Burial
- Jerusalem
- Spouse
- 14 wives
- Issue
- 22 sons and 16 daughters
- Hebrew name
- אבים בן-רחבעם, ’Aviyam ben Rehav’am
- House
- House of David
- Father
- Rehoboam
- Mother
- Maacah , or Micaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, and granddaughter of Absalom
- Religion
Article
King Abijah, from the north rose window of Chartres Cathedral Rehoboam and Abijah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling Abijah, Asa, and Jehoshaphat, by Lucas van Leyden Abijam (Hebrew: אֲבִיָּם, romanized: ʼĂḇīyyām, lit. 'my father is Yam'; Biblical Greek: Αβιού, romanized: Aviou; Latin: Abiam) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam and the grandson of Solomon. The Books of Chronicles refer to him as Abijah.
In the Talmud