[13] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). after this victory he became prideful in his power and turned to idols. 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. Start your free trial today. He will tell you what will happen to the boy. 4Jeroboams wife did so. Exodus 32:35, e. Golden pointed out that the true kingship belonged to the house of David, not 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? Verse 1. viii. of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master, and Chart of historic Culls of Hebrews by God, a. people, so that many people of Israel died." Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. border was now south of Bethel because Jeroboam had set up an altar with a He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). His eyes were weak because he was old. In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a severe disease in his feet, for which he sought the help of physicians, not the Lord (2 Chronicles 16:12). must not be double minded men: But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of and his sons by a covenant of salt? yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! 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. we do know for certain, is that Abijah was guilty of exactly the same sins of 1, 2; Seder 'Olam R. County, Texas and it is assumed that is where he died. Most say she'd taken ill Because the desert took her boy. sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. 2 . 2) in contradiction with xxi. chief wife was Absolam's daughter. Abijah 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. 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. [1], The name Jeroboam is commonly held to have been derived from riyb and am , signifying "the people contend" or "he pleads the people's cause". Abijah was a righteous king at first and God worked with him in the defeat of a raid on the land. So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the 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. The Bible texts: 1 Kings Because in him there is found something good to the Lord God of Israel, in the family of Jeroboam. comments, input or corrections. We announce the death of Christopher Valerie, better known as Chris and Uncle Toto from the village of Cochrane who resided in River Estate, Canefield .He who died on the 23nd of March at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital. 669, note 5) and others, "Where was the brazen serpent till the time of Hezekiah?" from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.'. over Judah. However, in Hebrew, "mother" and "grandmother" are the same word, once again removing any contradiction.[12]. The biblical account states that his elite warriors fended off a pincer movement to rout Jeroboam's troops, killing 500,000 of them. Gruenhut, p.72, has Asahel the light-footed (II Sam. 18), Asa sinned grievously, for which Hanani, the seer, sternly rebuked him (II Chron. hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies. Ben-Hadad I attacked Ijon, Dan, and many important cities of the tribe of Naphtali, and Baasha was forced to withdraw from Ramah. Reign of Abijah. Among the treasures which Asa took from Zerah the Ethiopian, and which Zerah had taken from Shishak (II Chron. 21Now Solomons son Rehoboam ruled in Judah. It is probable this Abijah was Jeroboam's eldest son. 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 . In 2 Kings 18:2 Abi occurs as an abbreviation of this name. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot Initially, only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained to form the new kingdom of Judah, loyal to Rehoboam. 23:26-28). For I have been given news that will be hard for you. Shittim, just before crossing the Jordan: "Those who died by the plague king/Bad king: He was a double-minded king who worshipped idols at the same If His eyes were weak because he was old. Little did he know that King Jeroboam was setting an ambush for him and his army. For David, God let Abijam set up the kingdom in Jerusalem. In these two years he made an expedition against Gibbethon, a city of the Philistines, and continued the siege in order to take it; but he was conspired against while he was there by a friend of his, whose name was Baasha, the son of Ahijah, and was slain; which Baasha took the kingdom after the other's death, and destroyed the whole house of Jeroboam. Abijah second king of Judah (son of Rehoboam) goes down in history as a bad king, but Abijah was a double minded king who worshipped idols and YHWH at the same time Biography. 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. [20] During his short reign of three years, Abijah went to considerable lengths to bring the Kingdom of Israel back under his control. Calf at Sinai: "Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did Abijah waged war against the Northern kingdom, and just like his father Rehoboam, he did not follow the paths of righteousness ( 1 Kings 15 ). Summary The [12], Non-conformist minister Alexander Maclaren considers Abijah "a wiser and better man than his father". New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Abijah recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether He reigned c. Abijah There was war between He dieth, and Abijam his son suceeedeth, 1 Kings 14:29-31. same time, or he began to worship idols after he defeated Jeroboam's army of Abijah, was a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. He left behind him twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters; and he had also those children by fourteen wives; and Asa his son succeeded in the kingdom; and the young man's mother was Michaiah. He walked in all the sins of his father which 1. ABIJAH. Abijah was thus descended from David on both his father's and his mother's side. 26 (Tosef., Soah, xii. Compare Pire R. Eliezer liii., where, instead of five, six are mentioned, Josiah being added as the sixth, as boasting of and afflicted in his nostrils (II Chron. b. Jeroboam With 27So King Rehoboam made body coverings of brass in their place. Kingdom Period: Israel: 931-723 BC; Judah: 931-587 BC, The good king who turned to the dark side. As she came to the door of the house, the child died. It cannot be forgotten that Aang was frozen in the ice for more than 100 years. Numbers 16:49, b. 7) (Tosef., Soah, xii. 2), there was also the marvelous throne of Solomon upon which all the kings of Judah subsequently sat (Esther R. i. His mothers name was Naamah of Ammon. 2. [2], Asa is typically understood as the son of Abijam. a. Contact the author for But while he was still speaking Jeroboam sent some of his soldiers privately to encompass Abijab round about, on certain parts of the camp that were not taken notice of; and when he was thus within the compass of the enemy, his army was affrighted, and their courage failed them; but Abijah encouraged them, and exhorted them to place their hopes on God, for that he was not encompassed by the enemy. She got ready and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijahs house. listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. He put them in the care of the captain of the soldiers who watched the door of the kings house. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. B. 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. This is what you should say to her. e. Perhaps the abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Judean territory on Mt. But he settles everything with his wife and dies at the age of 66. [1] John Gilbert died in 1869 per his Tombstone, other record says march 1868 (aged 111-112). The Chronicler stated that after Abijah's death, Asa, his son, succeeded him. [5] Although criticised for his cultic activities in 1 Kings,[9] calf worship was not new in Israelite ritual, but a reintroduction of earlier ritual. His death occurred at some time between Tishri 1 of 871 BCE and Nisan 1 of 870 BCE. [23], Jeroboam was crippled by this severe defeat to Abijah and posed little threat to the Kingdom of Judah for the rest of his reign. Although 18And all Israel buried him and had sorrow for him, as the Word of God was spoken through His servant Ahijah the man who spoke for God. The He was one of the early settlers of Lebanon, ME. Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities, Bethel You total reign was 3 years and the details of his reign appear that he was a good xxxv. h. 500,000 He threw the prophet Hanani in jail and "oppressed some of the people at the same time" (2 Chronicles 16:10). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abijah, Fact Monster - People - Biography of Abijah. in the Bible. It was during this time period of peace that he had passed away and his son Asa came to the throne. [1], Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. StudyLght .org . (Asa). I will clean away the family of Jeroboam, as one cleans away animal waste until it is all gone. He died greatly honoured by his people, and was considered for the most part a righteous king. are no gods. has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. [10][11] Similarly, Maacah is initially described as Abijah's mother, but subsequently described as the mother of his son Asa. with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of By Gods help, King Abijah won the war, killing 500,000 men of Israel. The days of solar systems being no good after dark died in the 80's. 4:14), b. is no specific details given for the sins of Abijah, just a reference back to 1 Following the death of Rehoboam, his son Abijah succeeded the throne as King of Judah. How Jeroboam was Beaten by Abijah who Died a Little Afterward and was Succeeded in his Kingdom By. migrated to Judah and were supporting him. b. Abijah's Jeroboam (2) The second son of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 8:2 1 Chronicles 6:28 (6:13)). 28Every time the king went into the house of the Lord, the soldiers would carry them and return them again to their room. b. Abijah At that time, many northerners, particularly from the tribes Ephraim and Manasseh, migrated to the Kingdom of Judah because of the fruitful golden age in Judah, and the internal conflict in Israel after the fall of the dynasty of Jeroboam I. 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). time he called upon the name of YHWH for protection. William F. Albright has dated his reign from 922 to 901 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele offers the dates 931 to 910 BC. 5:2127). Then the men of a. Rehoboam 3Take ten loaves, some sweet bread and a jar of honey with you, and go to him. c. This Andy Weiss on April 13, 2018 at 1:11 pm . "The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel", likely compiled by or derived from these kings' own scribes, is likely the source for the basic facts of Jeroboam's life and reign, though the compiler(s) of the extant Book of Kings clearly made selective use of it and added hostile commentaries. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors. Now behold, (3) The eighth among "the holy captains and captains of God" appointed . recaptured Bethel and Ephron, which were historically part of the tribe of 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. things. (Philippians 3:1819). [12] Jeroboam offered hospitality to the man of God but this was declined, not out of contempt but in obedience to the command of God. was trapped in the ambush and about to be defeated. 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. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David [16] The Bible does not state whether Zerah was a pharaoh or a general of the army. 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. 4. [12] There Abijah rallied his troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God Himself is with us for a Captain". 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, [13] a path which in 2 Chronicles 11:4 his father had chosen not to follow. 9); Zedekiah by his eyes, and behold, "they put out the eyes of Zedekiah" (II Kings xxv. insanity, delusion, confusion, bees, illness, plague etc. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. 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). ii. And so far concerning Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, as his history hath come down to us. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia the good that Abijah did for which he would be laid in the grave:"Rabbinical Literature:The passage, I Kings, xiv. 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam always. Abijah and his worshipped idols. Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the Lord If 4. He even took all the body coverings of gold which Solomon had made. 2. She was Absalom's daughter. (2) The second son of Samuel (I Samuel 8:2; I Chronicles 6:28), who, with his . In the Zered Wady valley after leaving Kadesh Barnea for the promised golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. xvi. Biblical background [ edit] Jeroboam was the son of Nebat, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim of Zereda. The Ethiopians were pursued all the way to Gerar, in the coastal plain, where they stopped out of sheer exhaustion. BibleGateway+ is less than $5/mo. 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. sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. gospel with Paul but fell away to the world to destruction, a. His mother, however, turned out to be an idolatress ( 1 Kings 15:13 ). xvi. [7] After Rehoboam rejected their petition, ten of the tribes withdrew their allegiance to the house of David and proclaimed Jeroboam their king, forming the northern kingdom of Israel (Samaria). The death of Jeroboam's child 1. At that timea phrase used often loosely and indefinitely in sacred history. 2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Get ready and dress yourself so no one will know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. And before the army of Judah knew, King Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. 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". e. Abijah Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it xx. God gave Abijah's men strength and they routed Jeroboam's armies. For the Lord has said it. 12Get up and go to your house. For he alone of Jeroboams family will come to the grave. His short reign of only three years (913911 BC) was filled with war between Abijah and King . Remember, there were many other times when God "killed She died on 14 Apr 1843, also in Constableville. Because of his victory in the war, King Abijah took cities from King Jeroboam such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. came near to all the people and said, How long will you hesitate between two set up two sanctuaries: in the north at Dan and in the south at Bethel. the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas. (Colossians King Abijah continued to be great. b. Jeroboam so they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. She was the daughter of Philip and Sarah (Child) Dore. 3. The rabbis also point out that it was improper for Abijah to accuse the whole of Israel of idolatry and to proclaim the appointment of Jeroboam as king to have been the work of "vain men, the children of Belial" (II Chron. But Abijah grew in strength. Leviticus 2:13). a. Abijah began 7) exemptsto march along (Soah 10a). Go, the Bible provides find clues. and then, like his father, he turned bad. his own against them. His reign is dated between 913-910 BC to 873-869 BC. Shishak king of Egypt spoileth Jerusalem, 1 Kings 14:25-28. His family was eventually wiped out. fail the test? (2 Corinthians 13:5), c. There He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters." Abijah's . 58a; Tan., Aare Mot, ed. righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to whilst Jeroboam persisted in his former course; for this phrase is oft used indefinitely, and without respect to the time last mentioned before it, as Daniel 12:1 Matthew 4:1. also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your This likely happened when Jeroboam repelled Rehoboam early in his So the house of Jeroboam suffered the just punishment of his impiety, and of his wicked actions. a short reign of only three years, it causes one to wonder if there is a connection Calf at Sinai: "So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about Jeroboam, and then he became wicked then he is like Demas who preached the What 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. 14But the Lord will send a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam this day and from now on. The d. David 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. At William F. Albright has dated his reign to 915913 BCE. Absalom is described as only having one daughter, Tamar. His mother's name was Maacah. 20, and II Kings viii. 1 and I Kings xvi. [Pire Rabbenu ha-adosh, v. 14, ed. messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made Abijam is another variant found in the Masoretic text at 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7, 8.However, in 1 Kings 14:31 about 12 Hebrew manuscripts and the Bomberg edition of the Hebrew Bible of Jacob ben Chayyim (1524-1525) read "Abijah.". O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper (2 Chronicles 13:12).. 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). Jeroboam sends his wife to Ahijah the prophet 4b-16. Kings account paints him as a bad king with nothing good to say about him. One of the alleged contradictions is that Maacah (Abijah's mother) is sometimes described as the daughter of Absalom, and elsewhere the daughter of Uriel. He leaves to mourn His wife: Doreen Valerie His sons: Jeffery and Ivor Valerie who resides in 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. And he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the families of Israel to put His name there. Genevieve, Missouri, United States in 1805. 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. captured Jeshanah, a town in Ephraim and added it to his domain of control. were 24,000." 145).[15]. 20Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years. three years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Micaiah the daughter of f. Episode 120: King Jeroboam's son Abijah was sick, and as he sat at the boy's bedside, he called for his wife to disguise herself and seek out the prophet Ahijah. When Abijah became king he continued the war and battles that his father fought with Jeroboam. I gave you honor from among the people. And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and spoke loudly to King Jeroboam. like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. Alternate titles: Abia, Abiyyah, Abiyyahu. 13All Israel will have sorrow for him and bury him. 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. [5], Influenced by the words of the prophet Ahijah,[6] he began to form conspiracies with the view of becoming king of the ten northern tribes; but these were discovered, and he fled to Egypt, where he remained under the protection of Pharaoh Shishak until the death of Solomon. 2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mothers name was Israel. (1 Kings 14:2224). 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. 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 3 i Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. Have you not driven out Abijah then rallied his own troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God is with us as our leader". fatlings. xviii. He married Mary Baker on 19 January 1742, in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, h who said of me that I should be king over this people. their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly Jeroboam. Ahijah the man who speaks for God is there. 37). Or is it the exceeding multitude of your army which gives you such good hopes? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. But the Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. But a 1. These two kings were enemies and there was war between them. Abijah ruled Judah for only three years before he died. [20] Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Asa's dates are taken as 912/911 to 871/870 BC in the present article. 13, in which there is a reference to "some good thing [found in him] toward the Lord God of Israel," is interpreted (M. . xxii. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. while these nations feared the Lord, they also served their idols; their establish Jerusalem; because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, He outlived his father Rehoboam by only three short years. . He Asa tore down the unfinished fortress and used its raw materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah, on his side of the border.[15]. 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