Abijah (1 Chronicles 24:10)
The name Abijah means “the Lord is my father.” Abijah is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Chronicles 24:10. Also called Abia.
Who was Abijah?
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).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Abijah
- 1 Chronicles 24:10
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.