Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I These two kings were enemies and there was war between them. e. Abijah 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). His mother,[a] named Zeruah ( "leprous") was a widow. She died on 14 Apr 1843, also in Constableville. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. Ahijah guarantees death, the end of the dynasty, and exile 17-18. His army consisted of four hundred thousand, but the army of Jeroboam was double to it. His reign is dated between 913910 BC to 873869 BC. introducing Abijah, this is interjected in a way to show that the war of Following the death of Rehoboam, his son Abijah succeeded the throne as King of Judah. By Gods help, King Abijah won the war, killing 500,000 men of Israel. His eyes were weak because he was old. came to the border area between Israel and Judah and stood on a mountain in While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the . KingAbijah and his army struck and killed 500,000 men of the army of Israel. But a [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. cross! Numbers 16:49, b. 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. Reign of Abijah. And so far concerning Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, as his history hath come down to us. 2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Get ready and dress yourself so no one will know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. (Amos 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. Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to 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. The elders of Israel made the pairs misconduct a pretext for demanding a king (I Samuel 8:4). (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). Rehoboam's mother . He will tell you what will happen to the boy. 4Jeroboams wife did so. For Asa, the Bible allows the narrowing of his accession to some time between Tishri 1 of 912 BC and the day before Nisan 1 of the 911 BCE. Abijah went on to capture the Israelite cities of Jeshanah, Ephron (et-Taiyibeh) and Bethel. of his father David. (1 Kings 15:3), b. 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. Rehoboam ruled 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose for his own. in the Bible. At We 15For the Lord will punish Israel, as a piece of grass is shaken in the water. BibleGateway+ is less than $5/mo. 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. Because of this, God ultimately struck Jeroboam and he died (v 20), but God blessed Abijah and "he grew mighty," (v 21). 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. sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. Jeroboam. Abijah Stevens was a brother of Samuel Stevens and came to Lebanon from Dover, NH . every effort to come to me soon; for Demas, having loved this present world, Nor did Abijah show himself zealous in God's cause after all; for when, by the conquest of Bethel (II Chron. His death occurred at some time between Tishri 1 of 871 BCE and Nisan 1 of 870 BCE. 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. 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. Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant King Abijah became a king at the time King Jeroboam I had reigned for 18 years and he died during the 21st year of King Jeroboams reign. Abijah the double-minded "good king, bad king" who worshipped idols daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. When the If Ben-Hadad I attacked Ijon, Dan, and many important cities of the tribe of Naphtali, and Baasha was forced to withdraw from Ramah. Alternate titles: Abia, Abiyyah, Abiyyahu. will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your thousand fell in one day." righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. His mother, however, turned out to be an idolatress ( 1 Kings 15:13 ). Elijah Or, secondly, Many years after it, i.e. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the Lord as priests, and the Levites Now Ahijah could not see. I will kill every male from Jeroboam, both owned and free in Israel. of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master, and "Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. establish Jerusalem; because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, c. Abijah 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. was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. Now as the armies stood in array, ready for action and dangers, and were just going to fight, Abijah stood upon an elevated place, and beckoning with his hand, he desired the multitude and Jeroboam himself to hear first with silence what he had to say. Did you present Me with sacrifices 23:26-28). After this event, he returned and participated in a delegation sent to ask the new king Rehoboam to reduce taxes. 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam always. Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. (1 Kings 15:6). Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the [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. The Ethiopians were pursued all the way to Gerar, in the coastal plain, where they stopped out of sheer exhaustion. In the Septuagint he is called Hieroboam ().[2]. migrated to Judah and were supporting him. 58a; Tan., Aare Mot, ed. As she came to the door of the house, the child died. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. The result was that the capital was under pressure and the military situation was precarious. He will tell you what shall . concluded that fighting against him was like fighting against God. c. There 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 50+ premium resources (>$2,400 value!). 669, note 5) and others, "Where was the brazen serpent till the time of Hezekiah?" Elder John Abijah "Bige" Gilbert, Sr was born in March of 1757 and died in March of 1868. yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! a. Abijah Good 1Ki 14:1-20. B. Taking advantage of 35 years of peace, Asa revamped and reinforced the fortress cities originally built by his grandfather Rehoboam. Or is it the exceeding multitude of your army which gives you such good hopes? we do know for certain, is that Abijah was guilty of exactly the same sins of Instead, Abijah, with the help or influence of. Abijah to Dalmatia. (2 Timothy 4:9-10), d. For 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. Israel. (1 Kings 14:2224). Jeroboam sends his wife to Ahijah the prophet 4b-16. [20] During his short reign of three years, Abijah went to considerable lengths to bring the Kingdom of Israel back under his control. Jeroboam I (/drbo.m/; Hebrew: Yrm; Greek: , romanized:Hierobom) was the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel. 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. 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. 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. 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. Andy Weiss on April 13, 2018 at 1:11 pm . Numbers 21:6. g. 120,070 are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is King Abijah didn't do everything right when he ruled Judah, but there were some things that he did do well. 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. (3) A son of Jeroboam I, king of Israel; he died young (I Kings 14). He reigned 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. In the Zered Wady valley after leaving Kadesh Barnea for the promised [16] The Bible does not state whether Zerah was a pharaoh or a general of the army. Bethel was given as a tribal inheritance to Benjamin, It was captured by [13] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. so they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. 1. If Whoever comes to consecrate 23For they built for themselves high places, holy objects and false gods on every high hill and under every green tree. 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. 1 and I Kings xvi. c. Abijah in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king Abijah and his 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. Was "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. [3] He had at least two sons, Abijah [4] and Nadab, who succeeded him on the throne. same time, or he began to worship idols after he defeated Jeroboam's army of O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper (2 Chronicles 13:12).. - Hezekiah. 23); that is, he was afflicted with gout. Ahaziah's true age when he became king of Judah is easy to discern by further research. was committed to keeping power at all costs exactly like King Saul. 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. Babcock was the only city that had power, water and internet in that part of florida right through hurricane Ian in 2022. treatise of the prophet Iddo. (2 Chronicles 13:122). For that man ought not The Jewish Encyclopedia. She got ready and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijahs house. For he alone of Jeroboams family will come to the grave. 1 Corinthians 10:8, f. He purged the land of foreign religions and false idols; all the sites of Baal and Asherah worship were destroyed and the nation and YHWH entered into a renewed covenant. 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. 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 . The biblical account states that his elite warriors fended off a pincer movement to rout Jeroboam's troops, killing 500,000 of them. When Abijah became king he continued the war and battles that his father fought with Jeroboam. When Asa died, to express that he was a good king, the Chronicler declared that he was buried with honors (2 Chr 16:14). He put them in the care of the captain of the soldiers who watched the door of the kings house. The death of Jeroboam's child 1. Numbers 25:9, c. Golden 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). [10] Abijah married fourteen wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters. 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. 14But the Lord will send a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam this day and from now on. 37). Buber, 3) and behold, "in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet" (I Kings xv. then he was like the man Jesus warned about who loved the world and God at the 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). Asa became very angry and threw Hanani in jail. In Thiele's chronology, Asa made his son Jehoshaphat coregent in the year that saw the onset of his disease. 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. God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to Bethel and Dan were already established cultic sites. Asa was zealous in maintaining the traditional worship of God, and in rooting out idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities. Jeroboam's son becomes ill 2-4a. [7] Apologists have countered by arguing that in Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word. 25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. is no specific details given for the sins of Abijah, just a reference back to 1 Good man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:58), b. Asa (Hebrew: , 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.The Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign between 40-41 years. 25) enjoined. keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him. people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of 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. His mother's name was Maacah. Contact the author for So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the Lord 26 (Tosef., Soah, xii. [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. I will clean away the family of Jeroboam, as one cleans away animal waste until it is all gone. 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. 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. was a good king for the first three years, but then he turned bad and the alarm against you. ABIJAH. A grandson of Benjamin, listed in seventh position . a. Rehoboam Jeroboam, and then he became wicked then he is like Demas who preached the 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.". [16] Thus the unconditional covenant blessing of YHWH guaranteed his promise to King David, to stabilize the Kingdom of David despite its ruler. I. the mountain. Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. xvi.). She was the daughter of Philip and Sarah (Child) Dore. 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? And the Lord struck him down and he died. This articleincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Singer, Isidore; etal., eds. After Asa died, his son Jehoshaphat became the king of Judah (1 Kgs 15:24; 2 Chr 17:1). ii. The days of solar systems being no good after dark died in the 80's. He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). Apologists argue similarly for the ambiguity of the term "mother". [1], Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. pointed out that the true priests who Jeroboam had banished out of Israel had we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be 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? [2], Asa is typically understood as the son of Abijam. a raid on the land. So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Shittim, just before crossing the Jordan: "Those who died by the plague 27So King Rehoboam made body coverings of brass in their place. Calf at Sinai: "Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and 23,000 He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters." Abijah's . it never had to end that way. blew the war trumpet and called upon God who struck the army of Jeroboam with He took cities from Israel such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. xx. The Bible texts: 1 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 13:1-22. [9] In Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word, removing any contradiction there. Abijam was the king in Jerusalem for 3 years. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Both of these are television films. 22, 23; Ta'an. the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the 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. 19 After Herod 32 had died, an 33 angel of the Lord 34 appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." 21 So 35 he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. 19), the golden calves came into his possession, he did not destroy them as the law (Deut. He also grew in power . 2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. Among the treasures which Asa took from Zerah the Ethiopian, and which Zerah had taken from Shishak (II Chron. He died on 7 February 1805, in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Old Cemetery, Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States. Abijah began Moses' stone still stands at the Elm Street Cemetery. [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). New Life Version (NLV). He outlived his father Rehoboam by only three short years. Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt 2 Chronicles 13:4-22 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me! 22 But when he heard . Abijah, King of Judah 15 Abijah became the new king of Judah during the 18th year that Jeroboam son of Nebat ruled Israel. This is what you should say to her. 09 May 1560, d. 04 Jan 1626) Abijah (Peter) Whitman (son of Edward Whitman and Bridget Kellond) was born 09 May 1560 in Holt, Norfolk, England, and died 04 Jan 1626 in Holt, Norfolk, England. and killed half a million of his men. 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. good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10). [12] There Abijah rallied his troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God Himself is with us for a Captain". of the Kings of Judah? [13] The prophecy is fulfilled in 2 Kings. Asa died two years into the coregency. It cannot be forgotten that Aang was frozen in the ice for more than 100 years. He will send Israel out from this good land He gave to their fathers. and YHWH at the same time or was he a good king who turned to the dark side? Some scholars believe the biblical accounts of Abijam's family to be contradictory;[6] however, a study of Hebrew linguistics may remove any seeming contradictions. xiii. and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? So his attendants said to him, 'Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the b. Jeroboam Because in him there is found something good to the Lord God of Israel, in the family of Jeroboam. [17]) Alteratively it could be interpreted as 26th year of Asa's reign and the last year of Baasha's life. d. In 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. xii. will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your His eyes were weak because he was old. King Abijah died of natural causes and his son Asa was made a king in his place. (Asa). he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord Answer. 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. For the Lord has said it. 12Get up and go to your house. Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! 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. 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). At that timea phrase used often loosely and indefinitely in sacred history. 2 Chronicles 13:20 - New King James Version - So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died. Abijah was a double minded king who worshipped idols and YHWH at the same time But he settles everything with his wife and dies at the age of 66. Abijah waged war against the Northern kingdom, and just like his father Rehoboam, he did not follow the paths of righteousness ( 1 Kings 15 ). King Abijah became a king at the time King Jeroboam I had reigned for 18 years and he died during the 21 st year of King Jeroboam's reign. William F. Albright has dated his reign from 922 to 901 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele offers the dates 931 to 910 BC. 20Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years. comments, input or corrections. "ASA (abbreviation of Asayah)". [11] No attempted harmonization has found acceptance with scholars. According to 2 Chronicles 13:12, Abijah became king of Judah in the 18th year of the reign of Jeroboam, and reigned for three years. Rehoboam and Judah sin against the Lord, 1 Kings 4:21-24. You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your 4. b. Jeroboam 2 Chronicles13:19. and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of (19011906). The prophecies of doom concerning the fall of both the House of Jeroboam and the northern kingdom as a whole ("For the Lord shall smite Israel, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river",[29] might have been composed retroactively, after the events described had already come to pass. messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made Is the God of hosts ( ). [ 2 ], Asa revamped and the... 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