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Abijah

also called Abia

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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

Named in 2 verses

1 Chronicles: 24:10
Luke: 1:5

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.