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People of the Bible

Abiah

Tribe of Levi

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 2 verses

1 Samuel: 8:2
1 Chronicles: 6:28

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.