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• Division of AbijahBible

  The division of Abijah was the eighth of the twenty-four priestly divisions established in the time of David for rotating temple service. In the Gospel of Luke, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is introduced as a priest belonging to this division.

• AbijamPeople

  Abijam was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided kingdom. The son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa, he reigned for three years. In 2 Chronicles and the Gospel of Matthew he is called "Abijah."

• Priestly DivisionsBible

  The priestly divisions were a system, described in 1 Chronicles 24, in which David divided the priests descended from Aaron into twenty-four groups that took turns performing the temple duties. The system reappears in the Gospel of Luke as the "course of Abia" (the division of Abijah), to which Zacharias belonged.

• Mount ZemaraimBible

  Mount Zemaraim is the mountain on which Abijah, king of Judah, stood and addressed the army of Israel before his battle with Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Chronicles 13:4). It appears to have been located in the hill country of Ephraim, near Bethel.

• 2 Chronicles 13Bible

  2 Chronicles 13 records the three-year reign of Abijah, king of Judah, and his war against northern Israel, in which, after addressing Jeroboam from Mount Zemaraim, he prevailed despite being outnumbered.

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Verses in the King James Version 20, showing 6

• 1 Kings 14:1

  At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

• 1 Chronicles 24:10

  The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

• 2 Chronicles 11:20

  And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

• 2 Chronicles 11:22

  And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

• 2 Chronicles 12:16

  And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

• 2 Chronicles 13:1

  Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

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