ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH
Son of Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8)Wife of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:24)Second son of Samuel. (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 7:28)The son of Rehoboam. (1 Chronicle...
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ABIA, COURSE OF
the eighth of the 24 courses or classes into which the priests were divided for serving at the altar. (1 Chronicles 24; Luke 1:5) See ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 4.
ABIAIBON
(father of strength). See ABIEL OR ABIEL.
ABIASAPH
(father of gathering, i.e. gathered), (Exodus 6:24) otherwise written Ebi/asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:23,37; 9:19) one of the descendants of Korah, and head of the Korhites. Among th...
ABIATHAR
(father of abundance, i.e. liberal), High priest and fourth in descent from Eli. (B.C. 1060-1012.) Abiathar was the only one of the all the sons of Ahimelech the high priest who...
ABIB
(green fruits). [MONTH]
ABIDA, OR ABIDAH
(father of knowledge), a son of Midian. (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33)
ABIDAN
(father of the judge), chief of the tribe of Benjamin at the time of the Exodus. (B.C. 1491.) (Numbers 1:11; 2:22; 7:60,65; 10:24)
ABIEL OR ABIEL
(father of strength, i.e. strong).Father of Kish, and consequently grandfather of Saul, (1 Samuel 9:1) as well as of Abner, Saul’s commander-in-chief. (1 Samuel 14:51) (B.C. 109...
ABIEZER
(father of help, helpful).Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua 17:2; 1 Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1450.) He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. [GIDEON]...
ABIGAIL
(father, i.e. source, of joy).The beautiful wife of Nabal, a wealthy owner of goats and sheep in Carmel. (B.C. 1060.) When David’s messengers were slighted by Nabal, Abigail sup...
ABIHAIL
(father of, i.e. possessing, strength).Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. (Numbers 3:35) (B.C. 1490.)Wife of Abishur. (1 Chronic...
ABIHU
(he (God) is my father), the second son, (Numbers 3:2) of Aaron by Elisheba. (Exodus 6:23) Being, together with his elder brother Nadab, guilty of offering strange fire to the l...
ABIHUD
(father of renown, famous), son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:3)
ABIJAH OR ABIJAM
(my father is Jehovah).Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16) He is called ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH in Chronicles, ABIJAM in King...
ABIJAM
[ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 1]
ABILA
[ABILENE]
ABILENE
(land of meadows), (Luke 3:1) a city situated on the eastern slope of Antilibanus, in a district fertilized by the river Barada (Abana). The city was 18 miles from Damascus, and...
ABIMAEL
(father of Mael), a descendant of Joktan, (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22) and probably the progenitor of an Arab tribe (Mali).
ABIMELECH
(father of the king), the name of several Philistine kings, was probably a common title of these kings, like that of Pharaoh among the Egyptians and that of Caesar and Augustus ...
ABINADAB
A Levite, a native of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark remained 20 years. (1 Samuel 7:1,2; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C. 1124.)Second son of Jesse, who followed Saul to his war...
ABINER
(father of light). Same as ABNER. (1 Samuel 14:50) margin.
ABINOAM
the father of Barak. (Judges 4:6,12; 5:1,12) (B.C. 1300.)
ABIRAM
A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 16:1)... [For details, see KORAH] (B.C. 1490.)Eldest son of Hiel th...
ABISHAG
a beautiful Shunammite (from Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar), taken into David’s harem to comfort him in his extreme old age. (1 Kings 1:1-4)
ABISHAI, OR ABISHAI
(father of a gift), The eldest of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and brother to Joab and Asahel. (1 Chronicles 2:16) Like his two brothers he was the devoted followe...
ABISHALOM
(father of peace), father or grandfather of Maachah, who was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah. (1 Kings 15:2,10) He is called Absalom in (2 Chronicles 11:20,21) This pe...