Abijam
아비얌
Named at 1 Kings 14:31, where Rehoboam sleeps with his fathers: “Abijam his son reigned in his place.” 15:1–2 says, “Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.” 15:3 says of Abijam, “He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father”, and 15:7 that there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 15:8 says, “Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 14:29–31, engwebp
29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
31Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 1KI 15:1–8, engwebp
1Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
5because David did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
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Unresolved interpretation: Abijam of 1 Kings 14:31 and 15:1–8 and Abijah of Matthew 1:7
- Matthew 1:7 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.”
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- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
7Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
11Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
14Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
- 1 Kings 14:31 says, “Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 14:29–31, engwebp
29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
31Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 1KI 14:29–31, engwebp
- 1 Kings 15:1 says, “Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah”, and 15:8 says, “Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 15:1–8, engwebp
1Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
5because David did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
- 1KI 15:1–8, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 3:10 says, “Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son”.
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- 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp
10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
15The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
16The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
- 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp
Matthew 1:7 records that Rehoboam became the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa, and 1 Chronicles 3:10 names Solomon’s son Rehoboam, Abijah his son, and Asa his son. 1 Kings 14:31 says that Abijam, Rehoboam’s son, reigned in his place, and 15:8 that Asa, Abijam’s son, reigned in his place. Both editions write the name differently: the Korean Revised Version reads 아비야 in Matthew and 1 Chronicles and 아비얌 in 1 Kings, and WEB reads Abijah and Abijam. The father (Rehoboam) and the son (Asa) that the three books name bear the same names. This collection records the Abijah of 1 Chronicles 3:10 in the same entry as the Abijah of Matthew 1:7, whose name, father and son are the same, and records Abijam, whose name is written otherwise, apart. The text does not say whether Abijam and Abijah are the same man, and this collection does not decide whether they are.
Unresolved interpretation: Maacah the daughter of Abishalom at 1 Kings 15:2 and 15:10
- 2 Samuel 3:3 names the third of the sons born to David in Hebron: “Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur”.
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- 2SA 3:2–5, engwebp
2Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
- 2SA 3:2–5, engwebp
- 1 Kings 15:1–2 says that Abijam began to reign over Judah and reigned three years in Jerusalem, and that “His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom”; 15:8 says, “and Asa his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 15:1–8, engwebp
1Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
5because David did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
- 1KI 15:1–8, engwebp
- 1 Kings 15:9–10 says that Asa began to reign over Judah and reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, and that “His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom”; 15:13 says, “He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah.”
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- 1KI 15:9–15, engwebp
9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.
10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11Asa did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, as David his father did.
12He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
14But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the LORD all his days.
15He brought into the LORD’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated: silver, gold, and utensils.
- 1KI 15:9–15, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 11:20–22 says Rehoboam took Maacah, whom WEB calls Absalom’s granddaughter and the Korean Revised Version calls 압살롬의 딸, and that she bore Abijah. At 13:2 Abijah’s mother is Micaiah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. At 15:16 Asa’s mother Maacah makes an image for an Asherah.
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- 2CH 11:18–23, engwebp
18Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
19She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
23He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
- 2CH 13:1–3, engwebp
1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
- 2CH 15:16–19, engwebp
16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
- 2CH 11:18–23, engwebp
1 Kings 15:2, 15:10, and 15:13 name Maacah daughter of Abishalom as the mother of Abijam and of Asa. 2 Chronicles 11:20–22 says Rehoboam took Maacah and she bore Abijah, calling her Absalom’s granddaughter in WEB and 압살롬의 딸 in the Korean Revised Version; 13:2 calls Abijah’s mother Micaiah daughter of Uriel; 15:16 calls Asa’s mother Maacah. This collection does not decide whether Maacah and Micaiah, or Abishalom and Absalom, are identical, nor how the maternal descriptions relate.
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Rehoboam — Father of — Abijam
Evidence: 1 Kings 14:29–31
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Maacah (daughter of Abishalom) — Mother of — Abijam
Evidence: 1 Kings 15:1–8
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Abijam — Father of — Asa
Evidence: 1 Kings 15:1–8
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Took part in (1) — Abijam reigns over Judah three years in Jerusalem, and is buried in David’s city
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Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Abijam (person-abijam) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/abijam Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 14:31, where Rehoboam sleeps with his fathers: “Abijam his son reigned in his place.” 15:1–2 says, “Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.” 15:3 says of Abijam, “He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father”, and 15:7 that there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 15:8 says, “Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.” Cited evidence: 1KI 14:29–31, engwebp / 1KI 15:1–8, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.