11, 3). According to Thiele, the calendars for reckoning the years of kings in Judah and Israel were offset by six months, that of Judah starting in Tishri (in the fall) and that of Israel in Nisan (in the spring). good king. Or do you not Zechariah is old and (at first) childless. We are made to understand that Abijah was a wicked King throughout his reign. He walked in all the sins of his father which Asa tore down the unfinished fortress and used its raw materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah, on his side of the border.[15]. BibleGateway+ is less than $5/mo. Calf at Sinai: "Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did 3000 men of the people fell that day." He lived in Ste. Asa took gold and silver from the Temple and sent them to Ben-Hadad I, king of Aram Damascus, in exchange for the Damascene king canceling his peace treaty with Baasha. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. For they also built for themselves high places and According to Rabbanic Literature Gehazi possessed a magnet by which he lifted up the idol made by Jeroboam, so that it was seen between heaven and earth; he had "Yhwh" engraved on it, and in consequence the idol (a calf) pronounced the first two words of the Decalogue (ib.). Luke, 2. of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master, and In Edwin R. Thiele 's opinion Ahaz was co-regent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. Zemaraim. Following the death of Rehoboam, his son Abijah succeeded the throne as King of Judah. But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen wives to Benjamin. 3. The Bible texts: 1 Kings At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles Under his reign the country of the Israelites enjoyed peace for ten years. You cannot 2 Chronicles 14 tells us straightaway that Abijah eventually slept with his fathers and we are immediately introduced to his son, Asa. Elder John Abijah "Bige" Gilbert, Sr was born in March of 1757 and died in March of 1868. 2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Get ready and dress yourself so no one will know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. sins which they committed. Jeroboam is portrayed by Nickolas Grace in Solomon & Sheba (1995) and by Richard Dillane in Solomon (1997). However, in Hebrew, "mother" and "grandmother" are the same word, once again removing any contradiction.[12]. King Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem. For less than $5/mo. When Saul surrounded David but was recalled to fight the 19); Saul by towering with his neck above the rest, and behold, "he took a sword and fell upon it" (I Sam. For the Lord has said it. 12Get up and go to your house. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window). [17], Although Abijah took up God's cause against Jeroboam, the idolatrous king of Israel, he was not permitted to enjoy the fruits of his victory over the latter for any considerable time, dying as he did shortly after his campaign (Josephus, "Ant." to flee to Jerusalem. 21Now Solomons son Rehoboam ruled in Judah. He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not . xiii. time he called upon the name of YHWH for protection. 18-23) instead of Asa. 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 . King Abijah didn't do everything right when he ruled Judah, but there were some things that he did do well. country of Ephraim, and said, Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel: Do you . b. This is what you should say to her. But let justice roll down like waters And Remember, there were many other times when God "killed Contact the author for On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. them. She was the daughter of Philip and Sarah (Child) Dore. After this event, he returned and participated in a delegation sent to ask the new king Rehoboam to reduce taxes. Maacah lost, was deposed, and lived out the rest of her life in the Jerusalem harem. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the Judean year beginning in Tishri of 912/911 BCE. Upon witnessing King Abijah's victories, King Jeroboam's strength lessened as we can read from 2 Chronicles 13:20-21 - "Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. idolatry as his father: a. He lived well past "half [the] days . Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Either, first, Presently after the things described in the former chapter; which though related in the beginning of his reign, yet might be done a good while after it, and so Ahijah the prophet might be very old, as he is described to be, 1 Kings 14:4. Was Ahaziah 22 or 42 years old when he became king of Judah? In 1 Chronicles 24, the order of Temple customer is laid get by operating numbering one through 24, with Abijah schedule as nine in the . Ahijah's message, however, is that Abijah will die, which he does. Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Epaphras, 15For the Lord will punish Israel, as a piece of grass is shaken in the water. On Sept. 29, 2002, Randell's wife, Sonita L. Barkley, drowned their three sons - 4 -year-old Jehdiah, 3-year-old Abijah and 7-month-old Shereef - in a bathtub. Abijam was the king in Jerusalem for 3 years. 19Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he ruled, are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Did you present Me with sacrifices pointed out that the true priests who Jeroboam had banished out of Israel had Israelites were killed in 1088 BC at the extinction of Shiloh after the Asa (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}, Modern:Asa, Tiberian:s; Greek: ; Latin: Asa) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David. Therefore, I will make you go into exile He did only what was right in My eyes. The good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10). many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they These two kings were . He took cities from Israel such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. Summary a raid on the land. So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the 25) enjoined. Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities, Bethel When Rehoboam died and her son Abijah became king, Maacah was the gebira - Queen Mother Abijah died after only two years Her grandson Asa succeeded and there was a power struggle between the two. After concluding a battle with Zerah of Ethiopia in the 10th year of his reign, there was peace in Judah (2 Chronicles 14:1,9) until the 36th year of Asa's reign (2 Chronicles 16:1). The rabbis recount many transgressions committed by Abijah against his fellow men, which resulted in drawing God's vengeance upon him more speedily than upon Jeroboam's idolatries. drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were fatlings. According to the Hebrew Bible, Jeroboam was in "constant war with the house of Judah". The resulting peace kept Judah free from Egyptian incursions until the time of Josiah, some centuries later. [11] No attempted harmonization has found acceptance with scholars. Judah had just been conquered and turned into a vassal of Egypt, while Israel stood between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian empires. while these nations feared the Lord, they also served their idols; their Absalom is described as only having one daughter, Tamar. 12:16; 13:1, 2) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes of the northern Kingdom of Israel to their allegiance. were good kings in the first three years of their reigns but then turned bad. 2 Chronicles13:19. Thus, it also means that he was between 44-48 years old when he first encountered Bathsheba, who was 7-9 years old. Home BIBLE CHARACTERS History of King Abijah (Abijam), Father: King Rehoboam, 1 Kings 15:8Predecessor: King Rehoboam, 1 Kings 15:8Mother: Maacah/Michaiah, 2 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Kings 15:2Reign: 913 BC 912 BCSuccession: 2nd kingKingdom: Kingdom of JudahLength of reign: 3 years, 1 Kings 15:2Successor: King Asa, 1 Kings 15:8Other names: Abijam, 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1; 1 Kings 15:7-8Morality: evil, 1 Kings 15:3Biblical history: 2 Chronicles 13:1-22; 1 Kings 15:18. c. Abijah In the Septuagint he is called Hieroboam ().[2]. 9But you have done more sinful things than all who were before you. 18:50. . Taking advantage of 35 years of peace, Asa revamped and reinforced the fortress cities originally built by his grandfather Rehoboam. which were on the mind of Jesus on the [13] The prophecy is fulfilled in 2 Kings. 1 Kings 15:3 says, " He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been ." 23:26-28). It is probable this Abijah was Jeroboam's eldest son. So the house of Jeroboam suffered the just punishment of his impiety, and of his wicked actions. I therefore give you counsel even now to repent, and to take better advice, and to leave off the prosecution of the war; to call to mind the laws of your country, and to reflect what it hath been that hath advanced you to so happy a state as you are now in.". Now Ahijah could not see. This worship was in-line with local beliefs and practices, which were observed by the native peoples, and may or may not have been part of the official state religion. He kept My Laws and followed Me with all his heart. Shishak king of Egypt spoileth Jerusalem, 1 Kings 14:25-28. my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Now After Now Ahijah could not see. He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was 1. I gave you honor from among the people. with the calf which Aaron had made." Abijah, also spelled Abia, Hebrew Abiyyah, or Abiyyahu, (Yahweh Is My Father), any of nine different persons mentioned in the Bible, of whom the most noteworthy are the following: (1) The son and successor of Rehoboam, king of Judah (II Chronicles 12:16, 13), who reigned about two years (c. 915913 bc). recaptured Bethel and Ephron, which were historically part of the tribe of [24] He also lost the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 5 The Lord had said to Ahijah, "The wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is sick. worshipped idols. He formed an alliance with Ben-Hadad I, king of Aram-Damascus, and using a monetary bribe, convinced him to break his peace treaty with Baasha and invade the Northern Kingdom (2 Chronicles 16:26). BOUNDARY CHANGES, MOVES & LOST RECORDS. It is alternatively translated to mean "his people are many" or "he increases the people" (from rbb, meaning "to increase"), or even "he that opposes the people". 29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Have you not driven out The Chronicler stated that after Abijah's death, Asa, his son, succeeded him. [25] Bethel was an important centre for Jeroboam's Golden Calf cult (which used non-Levites as priests),[26] located on Israel's southern border, which had been allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua, as was Ephron, which is believed to be the Ophrah that was allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua. Because of this, God ultimately struck Jeroboam and he died (v 20), but God blessed Abijah and "he grew mighty," (v 21). and then, like his father, he turned bad. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. xvi.). set up two sanctuaries: in the north at Dan and in the south at Bethel. d. Abijah It was further shown in the study on Exodus 12:40-41 that Israel was in Egypt for a total of 430 years, of which the first 30 years were ones in which they were at peace with the Egyptians, but the. off" gentile nations who tried to fight the Hebrews, but these are all c. This Ps. [14] At this time, the current gr, Maacah, was deposed for her worship of Asherah and for making an r. Abijah, was a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. Jew first and also of the Greek, but glory and honor and peace to everyone who sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. Some assert that he himself undertook a pilgrimage."[18]. Philistines captured the ark. himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what His mother,[a] named Zeruah ( "leprous") was a widow. And before the army of Judah knew, King Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. concluded that fighting against him was like fighting against God. Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. [16] The Bible does not state whether Zerah was a pharaoh or a general of the army. God, why have You forsaken me?" Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 2. 28b) as an allusion to Abijah's courageous and pious act in removing the sentinels placed by his father on the frontier between Israel and Judah to prevent pilgrimages to Jerusalem. Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all 26He took away the riches of the Lords house and the riches of the kings house. Rehoboam's failures 21-24. Abijam (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}, Modern:Avyam, Tiberian:yym, "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea/is Yam"; Biblical Greek: , romanized:Aviou; Latin: Abiam)[1] was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. Kingdom Period: Israel: 931-723 BC; Judah: 931-587 BC, The good king who turned to the dark side. "Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to g Shiloh. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Daughter - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_of_Judah&oldid=1133469209, This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 23:40. Gruenhut, p.72, has Asahel the light-footed (II Sam. [13] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. 26 (Tosef., Soah, xii. 22b) whereas Tan., Wa'etanan, ed. Steve Rudd: Contact the author for [4] Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, h who said of me that I should be king over this people. God is with us at our head and His priests with the signal trumpets to sound 13All Israel will have sorrow for him and bury him. xx. 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. occupied the Talmudists also. [19] As explained in the Rehoboam article, Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency which later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Abijah's dates are taken as 915/914 to 912/911 BCE in the present article. He took cities from Israel such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. then he was like the man Jesus warned about who loved the world and God at the man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:58), b. So his attendants said to him, 'Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. serve God and wealth. Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were 50+ premium resources (>$2,400 value!). We'll start with the Scripture passage in which Abishag is brought to David: "When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. He waged a major battle against Jeroboam in the mountains of Ephraim. [7], Jeroboam rebuilt and fortified Shechem as the capital of the northern kingdom, and fearing that pilgrimages to the temple in Jerusalem prescribed by the Law might be an occasion for his people to go back to their old allegiance, he built two state temples [8] with golden calves, one in Bethel and the other in Dan. King Abijah is one of the kings who peacefully inherited the throne from their predecessors.King Abijah is one of the kings who did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. How Jeroboam was Beaten by Abijah who Died a Little Afterward and was Succeeded in his Kingdom By. He also grew in power . 1, 2; Seder 'Olam R. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. 5The Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is sick. 1. b. Jeroboam He married Alice Eaton on 1594579, (NOT the) daughter of Thomas Eaton and Isabel Baker. He will tell you what will happen to the boy. 4Jeroboams wife did so. 5. [2] John Gilbert is buried a little below the mouth of Little Creek. Copyright 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. gain access to 50+ premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. xvi. Kings 14:2224. Elijah is no specific details given for the sins of Abijah, just a reference back to 1 Abijah (Peter) Whitman (b. 179 and 351; IV Sibyl. migrated to Judah and were supporting him. I will kill every male from Jeroboam, both owned and free in Israel. attacked Abijah and surrounded him. Israel stoned him to death. Genevieve, Missouri, United States in 1805. a. Abijah Asa died two years later and was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem, in the grave that he had dug for himself, and a pyre was lit in his honor (2 Chronicles 16:1314). The Hebrew Bible describes the reign of Jeroboam to have commenced following a revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy. 3 i Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. But Jeroboam, the king of the ten tribes, died when he had governed them two and twenty years; whose son Nadab succeeded him, in the second year of the reign of Asa. This articleincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Singer, Isidore; etal., eds. It is likely that the story of the golden calf in the wilderness[30] was composed as a polemic against Jeroboam's cultic restoration by claiming that its origins were inconsistent with worship of YHWH.[7]. The Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign between 4041 years. He had at least 1 son. 119a; compare III Sibyl. For there is no partiality [7] Apologists have countered by arguing that in Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word. 1. Kadesh Barnea: "But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides the days of our life. And after this defeat Jeroboam never recovered himself during the life of Abijah, who yet did not long survive, for he reigned but three years, and was buried in Jerusalem in the sepulchers of his forefathers. 8 is readjusted by the interpretation that the thirty-sixth year of Chronicles refers to the thirty-six years of the secession of the northern kingdom, which was a punishment for the thirty-six years of Solomon's marriage to the daughter of Pharaoh, and ended in reality in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign, when Zerah the Ethiopian was vanquished by him; the alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Syria (I Kings xi. 1. does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Biblical background [ edit] Jeroboam was the son of Nebat, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim of Zereda. d. In His mother's name was Maacah. Summary statement of Jeroboam's reign 21-31. . Jeroboam sends his wife to Ahijah the prophet 4b-16. d. David The Chronicler also emphasizes YHWH's promise as seen by Abijah's success against every effort by Jeroboam to defeat him:[12], God had given the Kingdom to David and his descendants (1 Chronicles 17:14) by a covenant of salt, meaning, of permanence (cf. (Asa). b. Abijah treatise of the prophet Iddo. (2 Chronicles 13:122). So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the Lord 2 Chronicles13:19. Instead, Abijah, with the help or influence of. But Abijah grew in strength. King Jeroboam of Israel was in his 18th year of reign. opinions? His reign is dated between 913910 BC to 873869 BC. Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the gods which you made for yourselves. Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold Kings account paints him as a bad king with nothing good to say about him. The Ethiopians were pursued all the way to Gerar, in the coastal plain, where they stopped out of sheer exhaustion. Abijah waged war against the Northern kingdom, and just like his father Rehoboam, he did not follow the paths of righteousness ( 1 Kings 15 ). For he alone of Jeroboams family will come to the grave. King Abijah died of natural causes and his son Asa was made a king in his place. Ahaz is portrayed as an evil king in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 16:2). cross! xviii. will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your Ben-Hadad I attacked Ijon, Dan, and many important cities of the tribe of Naphtali, and Baasha was forced to withdraw from Ramah. worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for of the Kings of Judah? had already ignored the warnings of two prophets and endured the death of his Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. According to Edwin R. Thiele chronology,[1] when Asa became very ill, he made Jehoshaphat coregent. Later in the series, it was seen that Aang started to have a feeling of freezing himself in the ice for countless centuries. Concerning the Death of a Son of Jeroboam. and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we Although were 24,000." William F. Albright has dated his reign to 915913 BCE. Barbara remained in Texas and drew a pension and received her last pension payment 8 February 1900 and was dropped from the Pension Rolls on 31 July 1900 so she died sometime between those two dates. attend to their work. It cannot be forgotten that Aang was frozen in the ice for more than 100 years. golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to g Shiloh. Birth and Marriage They both give his reign as lasting 41 years. Luke, my fellow workers. (Philemon 2324), c. Make the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, b. Abijah [1], Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Bethel was given as a tribal inheritance to Benjamin, It was captured by God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to a. Abijah During the reign of King Rehoboam, Israel split into two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah. his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. The Bible texts: 1 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 13:1-22. What and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the Lord as priests, and the Levites Contemporaries of King Abijah/Abijam. Abijah died in Lebanon, ME, 15 January 1809, age 91 . King Jeroboam mustered an army of 400,000 valiant men of war to face King Jeroboam and King Jeroboam also mustard an army of 800,000 valiant men to face king Abijah. exactly mirrors the defeat David was about to suffer at the hands of Saul on Ahijah Denounces God's Judgments against Jeroboam. 5. 1. Abijah lived on the westerly side on the Old Road near Merrow's Corner . and killed half a million of his men. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably occurred towards the end of his reign; his son Abijah was of age and considered by the people the heir to the throne.Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised, and with presents, to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh, to inquire concerning his son, who was sick, 1 Kings 14:1-4. At the entreaty of the man of God, his hand was restored to him again, but the miracle made no abiding impression on him. But a 1 Kings 15:3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. You may be looking for another Abijah. a. Abijah went on to capture the Israelite cities of Jeshanah, Ephron (et-Taiyibeh) and Bethel. three years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Micaiah the daughter of came to the border area between Israel and Judah and stood on a mountain in It is also recorded of Asa that in his old age, when afflicted with a foot disease, he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. But for Davids sake the Lord his Abijam ( Hebrew: , Modern: Avyam, Tiberian: yym, "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea/is Yam "; Biblical Greek: , romanized: Aviou; Latin: Abiam) [1] was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. went bad just like his father. 4. g. 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