Abijah
Also called Abia
Mentioned 1014–4 BC traditional (Jones)
A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David (1 Chr. 24:10). The order of Abijah was one of those which did not return from the Captivity (Ezra 2:36-39; Neh. 7:39-42; 12:1).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Tagged in
- 2 verses
- Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Aaron, Elisabeth, Hakkoz, Herod, and Zacharias.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Abijah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
- location not graded: Judea1
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1266 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
Begat counts Abijah in 2 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Abijah 28Abia 0 |
| KJV | Abijah 20Abia 4 |
| ASV | Abijah 28Abia 0 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
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1 Chronicles1 verse
- 24:10
the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
Luke1 verse
- 1:5
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David (1 Chr. 24:10). The order of Abijah was one of those which did not return from the Captivity (Ezra 2:36-39; Neh. 7:39-42; 12:1).