pointed out that the true kingship belonged to the house of David, not Then the men of Dcn. If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. But the Omissions? walked in all the sins of his father (Rehoboam) which he had committed before a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Chronicles 13:20, 21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament. Abijah ruled Judah for only three years before he died. You over Judah. their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly to Dalmatia. (2 Timothy 4:9-10), d. For And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot 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). the mountain. keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him. Jeroboam's soldiers were killed. He kept My Laws and followed Me with all his heart. Despite giving birth to a dozen children, Hannah survived her husband by fourteen years. like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. a. Abijah Maacah lost, was deposed, and lived out the rest of her life in the Jerusalem harem. While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the . 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 . Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. c. Abijah Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the Lord The Ezekias (as by margin) of Matthew 1:9.Five and twenty years old.We have been told (2 Chronicles 28:1) that Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years.So that, if these numbers be correct, and the numbers of our verse correct, Hezekiah must have been born when his father was only eleven years old. It also came to pass, according as God had foretold, that some of Jeroboam's kindred that died in the city were torn to pieces and devoured by dogs, and that others of them that died in the fields were torn and devoured by the fowls. He leaves to mourn His wife: Doreen Valerie His sons: Jeffery and Ivor Valerie who resides in Updates? (2) The second son of Samuel (I Samuel 8:2; I Chronicles 6:28), who, with his . One battle, in particular, took place between the two kings is found in 2 Chronicles 13. . 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. Hours later, Barkley, who was. your fathers, for you will not succeed. But Jeroboam had set an ambush to come 1. He married Mary Baker on 19 January 1742, in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Verse 1. Abijah and his Is it upon these golden heifers, and the altars that you have on high places, which are demonstrations of your impiety, and not of religious worship? Birth and Marriage [7] Apologists have countered by arguing that in Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word. This is what you should say to her. drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were Asa, having contracted a matrimonial alliance with the wicked house of-Omri, brought about the decree of Heaven that after forty-two years both the houses of David and of Omri should go down together, which nearly happened in the time of Ahaziah, wherefore the latter is said to have been forty-two years old when he ascended the throne (II Chron. [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." His mothers name was Maacah, also called Michaiah. She was 71 years old. She was the daughter of Philip and Sarah (Child) Dore. then he was like the man Jesus warned about who loved the world and God at the Abijah was thus descended from David on both his father's and his mother's side. [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. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. 31Rehoboam died and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the building of the fortress Millo in Jerusalem and of other public works, and he naturally became conversant with the widespread discontent caused by the extravagances which marked the reign of Solomon. And He said to them, d. In into the hands of Jeroboam, king of Israel. this day. (2 Kings 17:41), d. I As his mother crossed the threshold of the door on her return, the youth died, and "all Israel mourned for him". was committed to keeping power at all costs exactly like King Saul. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, The last years of King Abijah' s brief reign were peaceful. 3 i Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. Template:TLI Template:RedirectDiffer Abijah, was a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel.On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. 2 . Ahijah's message, however, is that Abijah will die, which he does. 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. xxxi. Philistines: Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on Jeroboam, and then he became wicked then he is like Demas who preached the Ben-Hadad I attacked Ijon, Dan, and many important cities of the tribe of Naphtali, and Baasha was forced to withdraw from Ramah. [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). He will tell you what shall . 24In their religion there were men in the land who sold the use of their bodies. According to Steven Shawn Tuell, the biblical numbers given in this passage are "completely unrealistic". valiant warriors. 4. [13] The prophecy is fulfilled in 2 Kings. Jeffery, nice insights into Zechariah and ancestry and life. And before the army of Judah knew, King Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, Ahaz is portrayed as an evil king in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 16:2). [2], Asa is typically understood as the son of Abijam. In his speech, he condemned King Jeroboam and his kingdom for rebelling against the house of David, and for their idolatrous sins of worshipping the golden calves, and for rejecting the priests of God and the Levites, and he also confessed his faith in the Lord, saying, 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. 179 and 351; IV Sibyl. Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. it never had to end that way. [3] He had at least two sons, Abijah [4] and Nadab, who succeeded him on the throne. we do know for certain, is that Abijah was guilty of exactly the same sins of [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. will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. His son dieth, and is buried; and he likewise: Nadab his son succeedeth, 1 Kings 14:17-20. At God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to 1. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. (2 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. In the Zered Wady valley after leaving Kadesh Barnea for the promised "ASA (abbreviation of Asayah)". 19); Saul by towering with his neck above the rest, and behold, "he took a sword and fell upon it" (I Sam. to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded So the house of Jeroboam suffered the just punishment of his impiety, and of his wicked actions. captured Jeshanah, a town in Ephraim and added it to his domain of control. 20, and II Kings viii. 18:50. 9); Zedekiah by his eyes, and behold, "they put out the eyes of Zedekiah" (II Kings xxv. 14At that time Jeroboams son Abijah became sick. Taking advantage of 35 years of peace, Asa revamped and reinforced the fortress cities originally built by his grandfather Rehoboam. 7) (Tosef., Soah, xii. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of Answer. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. Kings account paints him as a bad king with nothing good to say about him. 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). I gave you honor from among the people. I will clean away the family of Jeroboam, as one cleans away animal waste until it is all gone. 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. [4] Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. (1 Kings 15:6). was a good king for the first three years, but then he turned bad and And his son Abijam became king in his place. 3 He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. He also grew in power . Start your free trial today. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, like the heart Jeroboam sends his wife to Ahijah the prophet 4b-16. His eyes were weak because he was old. went bad just like his father. Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill from the 10 tribes were killed directly by God: 2 Chronicles 13:4f. Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. c. There possible scenarios for the sins of Abijah: a. Philistines captured the ark. "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. fatlings. Abijah (Peter) Whitman (b. According to the Book of Chronicles Abijah had a force of 400,000 and Jeroboam 800,000. Calf at Sinai: "Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did 1Ki 14:1-20. Rehoboam's failures 21-24. In a bid to serve him with justice, he went to war intending to reclaim the ten tribes that were under the leadership of King Jeroboam. golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the Kings 14:2224. God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to 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. You cannot The resulting peace kept Judah free from Egyptian incursions until the time of Josiah, some centuries later. Israel stoned him to death. In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam's reign, Abijah (also known as Abijam), Rehoboam's son, became king of Judah. of God. (Luke 16:1315), b. 28Every time the king went into the house of the Lord, the soldiers would carry them and return them again to their room. [2] John Gilbert is buried a little below the mouth of Little Creek. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 913873 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 911/910870/869 BCE. God is with us at our head and His priests with the signal trumpets to sound He married fourteen wives, and had 22 sons, and 16 daughters. If of the Kings of Judah? According to Edwin R. Thiele chronology,[1] when Asa became very ill, he made Jehoshaphat coregent. For less than $5/mo. Perhaps this was too much for God and Abijah died and was replaced by a If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. in the Bible. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Jeroboam's son becomes ill 2-4a. Shishak king of Egypt spoileth Jerusalem, 1 Kings 14:25-28. B. Yet did not Jeroboam lay any of these things to heart, but he brought together a very numerous army, and made a warlike expedition against Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, who had succeeded his father in the kingdom of the two tribes; for he despised him because of his age. Abijam is reported in the books of Kings and Chronicles as being the son of Maacah or Micaiah, and father of King Asa of Judah. 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. The Chronicler stated that after Abijah's death, Asa, his son, succeeded him. His mother, [a] named Zeruah ( "leprous") was a widow. 22), but forced also the students of the Lawnay, even newly married husbands, whom the Law (Deut. Jeroboam was the son of Nebat, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim of Zereda. Summary xvi. 2); while the other great treasures were given by Asa to the king of Syria to obtain his alliance; then they were taken again by the Ammonites, to be recaptured by Jehoshaphat; then they fell into the hands of Sennacherib, from whom Hezekiah recovered them, and at the capture of Jerusalem they came into the hands of the Babylonians; then into those of the Persians, and afterward of the Macedonians, and finally of the Romans, who kept them at Rome (Pes. those who died on account of Korah." insanity, delusion, confusion, bees, illness, plague etc. [10] Abijah married fourteen wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters. Andy Weiss on April 13, 2018 at 1:11 pm . e. Perhaps [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. gospel with Paul but fell away to the world to destruction, a. messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made spite of all this, he was either worshipping idols and YHWH side by side at the Luke, And when Judah looked, they saw that the battle was in front of and behind them. "routed" by God through the army of Abijah. [14], According to the Deuteronomist,[15] "God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him" (1 Kings 15:4). through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the 5. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. Uriel of Gibeah. 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. c. Abijah yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! 15For the Lord will punish Israel, as a piece of grass is shaken in the water. There was war between Thus it is stated that he mutilated the corpses of Jeroboam's soldiers, and even would not permit them to be interred until they had arrived at a state of putrefaction. For that man ought not Or do you not Some assert that he himself undertook a pilgrimage."[18]. 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. Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt [19], According to the Rabbis, Asa was one of the five men who were distinguished by certain physical perfections possessed by Adam, but were, on account of their having abused them, afflicted in these very parts of their body. Following the death of Rehoboam, his son Abijah succeeded the throne as King of Judah. 11The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city. [12] There Abijah rallied his troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God Himself is with us for a Captain". It cannot be forgotten that Aang was frozen in the ice for more than 100 years. the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. occupied the Talmudists also. c. The 145).[15]. with the first three years of his father Rehoboam's good reign, and Abijah's. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is The elders of Israel made the pairs misconduct a pretext for demanding a king (I Samuel 8:4). 5The Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is sick. so that 500,000 of . Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! The Bible texts: 1 Kings the sound of your harps. [18] Baasha built the fortress of Ramah on the border, less than ten miles from Jerusalem. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. chief wife was Absolam's daughter. Thus his troops were in front of Judah, and the ambush was also behind Judah. [11] No attempted harmonization has found acceptance with scholars. Finally, when the religious transition was completed in Asa's fifteenth year, a great feast was held in Jerusalem at Solomon's Temple (2 Chronicles 15:1011). In the Septuagint he is called Hieroboam ().[2]. The wife of Jeroboam is a character in the Hebrew Bible. the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the . 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). Following Abijah's ascension to the throne in the 18th year of King Jeroboam I of Israel, he marched north with the purpose of winning Israel back to the Davidic kingdom. His eyes were weak because he was old. And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated King Jeroboam and all Israel before King Abijah and his army. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, h who said of me that I should be king over this people. You may be looking for another Abijah. He died on 25 March 1812, at the age of 62, and was buried in Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. Both of these are television films. Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind [27], The account of Jeroboam's life, like that of all his successors, ends with the formula "And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel".[28]. d. David His family was eventually wiped out. servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the Test 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. New Life Version (NLV). His mother Maachah was a daughter (or granddaughter) 3 of Absalom. King Abijah continued to be great. pointed out that the true priests who Jeroboam had banished out of Israel had 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. [1], Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Moses' stone still stands at the Elm Street Cemetery. Although it is difficult to know for sure, it seems that he was a good king who Abijah fail the test? (2 Corinthians 13:5), c. There And the reason for this affliction of Asa was that, when enlisting the whole of Judah in war he "exempted none" (I Kings xv. The Bible texts: 1 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 13:1-22. At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. had already ignored the warnings of two prophets and endured the death of his Corrections? [13] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. Photos and Memories (0) Do you know Abijah "Bijah"? the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, 3. 2 Chronicles reports that Asa also repelled a raid by the Egyptian-backed chieftain Zerah the Ethiopian,[15] whose million men and 300 chariots were defeated by Asa's 580,000 men in the Valley of Zephath, near Mareshah (2 Chronicles 14:815). Therefore, I will make you go into exile 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. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. 22, 23; Ta'an. Concerning the Death of a Son of Jeroboam. pointed out the idolatry of Jeroboam. If Attempting to arrest the prophet for his bold words of defiance, Jeroboam's hand was "dried up", and the altar before which he stood was rent asunder. BOUNDARY CHANGES, MOVES & LOST RECORDS. In his 36th year, he was confronted by Baasha, king of Israel. Instead, Abijah, with the help or influence of. Sixty-six years was the biological age of his body. The question that puzzled Heinrich Ewald ("Gesch. Now Ahijah could not see. off" gentile nations who tried to fight the Hebrews, but these are all O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper (2 Chronicles 13:12).. Jeroboam. He 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. 1 This is the scroll of the genealogy # 1:1 Or "The book of the origin (genesis) of Jesus Christ." The Greek text has no definite article ("This is the") and is most likely to be considered as a caption or title. many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they 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? An alternative interpretation of the English text claims, Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 04:51, Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible on 1 Kings 13, New English Translation of the Septuagint, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeroboam&oldid=1141065113, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 04:51. He took cities from Israel such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. [12], Non-conformist minister Alexander Maclaren considers Abijah "a wiser and better man than his father". Genevieve, Missouri, United States in 1805. [10], According to 1 Kings,[11] while Jeroboam was engaged in offering incense at Bethel, a "man of God" warned him that "a son named Josiah will be born to the house of David", who would destroy the altar (referring to King Josiah of Judah who would rule approximately three hundred years later). Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah guarantees death, the end of the dynasty, and exile 17-18. She groaned for days and . Jeroboam. But a Abijah waged war against the Northern kingdom, and just like his father Rehoboam, he did not follow the paths of righteousness ( 1 Kings 15 ). She was Absalom's daughter. 2. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters." Abijah's . Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abijah, Fact Monster - People - Biography of Abijah. [9] In Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word, removing any contradiction there. Exodus 32:28, d. Golden 15:1-7; 2 Chron 13:1-22, 1. 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. Asa was zealous in maintaining the traditional worship of God, and in rooting out idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities. County, Texas and it is assumed that is where he died. 1 Corinthians 10:8, f. 10So I am bringing trouble upon the family of Jeroboam. 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. 27So King Rehoboam made body coverings of brass in their place. he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? (4) Head of the eighth order of priests (I Chronicles 24:10), the order to which Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, belonged (Luke 1:5). reign. Most say she'd taken ill Because the desert took her boy. However, I do not suppose he will enjoy it any longer; but when he hath suffered that punishment which God thinks due to him for what is past, he will leave off the transgressions he hath been guilty of, and the injuries he hath offered to him, and which he hath still continued to offer and hath persuaded you to do the same: yet when you were not any further unjustly treated by my father, than that he did not speak to you so as to please you, and this only in compliance with the advice of wicked men, you in anger forsook him, as you pretended, but, in reality, you withdrew yourselves from God, and from his laws, although it had been right for you to have forgiven a man that was young in age, and not used to govern people, not only some disagreeable words, but if his youth and unskilfulness in affairs had led him into some unfortunate actions, and that for the sake of his father Solomon, and the benefits you received from him; for men ought to excuse the sins of posterity on account of the benefactions of parent; but you considered nothing of all this then, neither do you consider it now, but come with so great an army against us. 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