[25] Bethel was an important centre for Jeroboam's Golden Calf cult (which used non-Levites as priests),[26] located on Israel's southern border, which had been allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua, as was Ephron, which is believed to be the Ophrah that was allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua. The elders of Israel made the pairs misconduct a pretext for demanding a king (I Samuel 8:4). 1. the battle with an army of valiant warriors, 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. 22, 23; Ta'an. Jeroboam's child dies 19-20. And as she rode home in heartbreak, her son Abijah died. Leviticus 2:13). Good the alarm against you. hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight to flee to Jerusalem. And the birds of the air will eat anyone who dies in the field. He reigned He was the son of Rehoboam and . Concerning the Death of a Son of Jeroboam. Abijah, also spelled Abia, Hebrew Abiyyah, or Abiyyahu, ("Yahweh Is My Father"), any of nine different persons mentioned in the Bible, of whom the most noteworthy are the following: (1) The son and successor of Rehoboam, king of Judah (II Chronicles 12:16, 13), who reigned about two years (c. 915-913 bc). king. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abijah, Fact Monster - People - Biography of Abijah. sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. a. 29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? a. people, so that many people of Israel died." In Edwin R. Thiele 's opinion Ahaz was co-regent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. every effort to come to me soon; for Demas, having loved this present world, The name of Rehoboams mother was Naamah of Ammon. He formed an alliance with Ben-Hadad I, king of Aram-Damascus, and using a monetary bribe, convinced him to break his peace treaty with Baasha and invade the Northern Kingdom (2 Chronicles 16:26). Rehoboam was continued by proxy with his son Abijah: There was war between And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. (1 Kings man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:58), b. When Judah turned around, behold, they were attacked both front and rear; StudyLght .org . One battle, in particular, took place between the two kings is found in 2 Chronicles 13. . Gruenhut, p.72, has Asahel the light-footed (II Sam. 6. a. Rehoboam Summary statement of Jeroboam's reign 21-31. spite of all this, he was either worshipping idols and YHWH side by side at the xvi. Then they'd be told, "The clan is back! This worship was in-line with local beliefs and practices, which were observed by the native peoples, and may or may not have been part of the official state religion. "The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel", likely compiled by or derived from these kings' own scribes, is likely the source for the basic facts of Jeroboam's life and reign, though the compiler(s) of the extant Book of Kings clearly made selective use of it and added hostile commentaries. 6b). and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? Numbers 25:9, c. Golden 1 and I Kings xvi. Episode 120: King Jeroboam's son Abijah was sick, and as he sat at the boy's bedside, he called for his wife to disguise herself and seek out the prophet Ahijah. [8][9] Similarly, Maacah is initially described as Abijah's mother, but subsequently described as the mother of his son Asa. For Asa, the Bible allows the narrowing of his accession to some time between Tishri 1 of 912 BC and the day before Nisan 1 of the 911 BCE. fathers. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. You cannot Jeroboam I (/drbo.m/; Hebrew: Yrm; Greek: , romanized:Hierobom) was the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel. golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. Hanani the Seer, a prophet, admonished Asa for relying on the King of Syria as opposed to Divine help in defeating Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:710). Abijah the double-minded "good king, bad king" who worshipped idols An alternative interpretation of the English text claims, Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 04:51, Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible on 1 Kings 13, New English Translation of the Septuagint, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeroboam&oldid=1141065113, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 04:51. [2], Asa is typically understood as the son of Abijam. 23) also lasted thirty-six years In obtaining an alliance with the king of Syria against Baasha by giving away the gold and silver treasures of the house of the Lord (I Kings xv. Despite giving birth to a dozen children, Hannah survived her husband by fourteen years. He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). He took everything. Asa was zealous in maintaining the traditional worship of God, and in rooting out idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities. 8I tore the nation away from the family of David and gave it to you. The result was that the capital was under pressure and the military situation was precarious. He died before that wonderful record-keeper called old Braintree quit keeping all of the records in 1793, after the old town split apart and a new county formed. In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a severe disease in his feet, for which he sought the help of physicians, not the Lord (2 Chronicles 16:12). The biblical account states that his elite warriors fended off a pincer movement to rout Jeroboam's troops, killing 500,000 of them. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 913873 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 911/910870/869 BCE. like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. His eyes were weak because he was old. beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. (Amos They did all the hated things of the nations which the Lord drove away before the people of Israel. 4. 18), Asa sinned grievously, for which Hanani, the seer, sternly rebuked him (II Chron. rebuked Jeroboam for his idolatry went to war against Jeroboam and 500,000 men a. Abijah [19] As explained in the Rehoboam article, Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency which later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Abijah's dates are taken as 915/914 to 912/911 BCE in the present article. a. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors. Compare Pire R. Eliezer liii., where, instead of five, six are mentioned, Josiah being added as the sixth, as boasting of and afflicted in his nostrils (II Chron. It is also recorded of Asa that in his old age, when afflicted with a foot disease, he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. We After Although When Rehoboam died, his son Abijam became king of Judah. But Abijah grew in strength. His mothers name was Naamah of Ammon. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. [16] Thus the unconditional covenant blessing of YHWH guaranteed his promise to King David, to stabilize the Kingdom of David despite its ruler. pointed out the idolatry of Jeroboam. King Abijah, also called King Abiah or King Abijam, was the son of King Rehoboam and father of King Asa. 7) exemptsto march along (Soah 10a). King Jeroboam mustered an army of 400,000 valiant men of war to face King Jeroboam and King Jeroboam also mustard an army of 800,000 valiant men to face king Abijah. Biblical background [ edit] Jeroboam was the son of Nebat, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim of Zereda. Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I I will clean away the family of Jeroboam, as one cleans away animal waste until it is all gone. Abijah was a righteous king at first and God worked with him in the defeat of pointed out that the true priests who Jeroboam had banished out of Israel had 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. 2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. [9] In Hebrew, "daughter" and "granddaughter" are the same word, removing any contradiction there. 2) in contradiction with xxi. Asa died two years into the coregency. 18-23) instead of Asa. And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshippers were praying outside.". E. R. Thiele offers the dates 914/913 911/910 BCE. 1. other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. Jeroboam was the son of Nebat, a member of the Tribe of Ephraim of Zereda. Little did he know that King Jeroboam was setting an ambush for him and his army. There was war between However, in Hebrew, "mother" and "grandmother" are the same word, once again removing any contradiction.[12]. King Abijah didn't do everything right when he ruled Judah, but there were some things that he did do well. their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly gospel with Paul but fell away to the world to destruction, a. 24In their religion there were men in the land who sold the use of their bodies. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot 26He took away the riches of the Lords house and the riches of the kings house. chief wife was Absolam's daughter. [3] He had at least two sons, Abijah [4] and Nadab, who succeeded him on the throne. are no gods. of the Ten Virgins: Mt 25:1f, e. For Kingdom Period: Israel: 931-723 BC; Judah: 931-587 BC, The good king who turned to the dark side. His death occurred at some time between Tishri 1 of 871 BCE and Nisan 1 of 870 BCE. He died greatly honoured by his people, and was considered for the most part a righteous king. daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. - Hezekiah. BOUNDARY CHANGES, MOVES & LOST RECORDS. Because of this, God ultimately struck Jeroboam and he died (v 20), but God blessed Abijah and "he grew mighty," (v 21). 3 He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not . 3 i Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. a raid on the land. So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Because of his victory in the war, King Abijah took cities from King Jeroboam such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. Abijah e. Abijah Birth and Marriage By Gods help, King Abijah won the war, killing 500,000 men of Israel. Biography. drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were Go, the Bible provides find clues. God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to Divided Updates? hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies. He died on 7 February 1805, in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Old Cemetery, Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States. He chose this city from all the other tribes of Israel. was a good king for the first three years, but then he turned bad and 23); that is, he was afflicted with gout. He, forewarned by God, denounceth his ruin because of idolatry; and the death of his child; and the destruction of Israel, 1 Kings 14:5-16. Exodus 32:35, e. Golden yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Verse 1. In 1 Chronicles 24, the order of Temple customer is laid get by operating numbering one through 24, with Abijah schedule as nine in the . Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant into the hands of Jeroboam, king of Israel. went bad just like his father. They made Him jealous with their sins, more than all their fathers had done. the mountain. He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). des Volkes Israel," iii. David to this day. (1 Kings 12:18-19). 21 Solomon's son, Rehoboam, was 41 years old when he became king of Judah. while these nations feared the Lord, they also served their idols; their Did you present Me with sacrifices time he called upon the name of YHWH for protection. Initially, only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained to form the new kingdom of Judah, loyal to Rehoboam. Abijah went on to capture the Israelite cities of Jeshanah, Ephron (et-Taiyibeh) and Bethel. And when silence was made, he began to speak, and told them, -- "God had consented that David and his posterity should be their rulers for all time to come, and this you yourselves are not unacquainted with; but I cannot but wonder how you should forsake my father, and join yourselves to his servant Jeroboam, and are now here with him to fight against those who, by God's own determination, are to reign, and to deprive them of that dominion which they have still retained; for as to the greater part of it, Jeroboam is unjustly in possession of it. Perhaps this was too much for God and Abijah died and was replaced by a 17Then Jeroboams wife got up and left and came to Tirzah. migrated to Judah and were supporting him. recaptured Bethel and Ephron, which were historically part of the tribe of [13] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. The Bible texts: 1 Kings 5 The Lord had said to Ahijah, "The wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is sick. Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill 19); Saul by towering with his neck above the rest, and behold, "he took a sword and fell upon it" (I Sam. You have put Me behind your back. And after this defeat Jeroboam never recovered himself during the life of Abijah, who yet did not long survive, for he reigned but three years, and was buried in Jerusalem in the sepulchers of his forefathers. not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to g Shiloh. which were on the mind of Jesus on the BibleGateway+ is less than $5/mo. Yet certainly there is no strength at all in an army of many ten thousands, when the war is unjust; for we ought to place our surest hopes of success against our enemies in righteousness alone, and in piety towards God; which hope we justly have, since we have kept the laws from the beginning, and have worshipped our own God, who was not made by hands out of corruptible matter; nor was he formed by a wicked king, in order to deceive the multitude; but who is his own workmanship, [28] and the beginning and end of all things. Copyright 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. 2. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the Judean year beginning in Tishri of 912/911 BCE. Now recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether to Dalmatia. (2 Timothy 4:9-10), d. For . King Abijah became a king at the time King Jeroboam I had reigned for 18 years and he died during the 21 st year of King Jeroboam's reign. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri. There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold Ahijah the man who speaks for God is there. King Abijah, son of King Rehoboam, was a king who did wicked in God's eyes: "And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father" ( 1 Kings 15:3 ). Abijah was a wicked king: "He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of . The You clearly forgot that solar power can be stored now very efficiently for 24hr use. will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the worshipped idols. Abijah Livermore BIRTH 12 Dec 1737, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 18 Jan 1817 (aged 79), Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 170962849 Per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots ABIJAH. 27So King Rehoboam made body coverings of brass in their place. the days of our life. keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him. 50+ premium resources (>$2,400 value!). 119a; compare III Sibyl. Benjamin. 9, compare xvi. 11The dogs will eat anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city. Chronicles 13:2), b. pointed out that the true kingship belonged to the house of David, not Luke, my fellow workers. (Philemon 2324), c. Make [1], The name Jeroboam is commonly held to have been derived from riyb and am , signifying "the people contend" or "he pleads the people's cause". 2 Chronicles 13:20 - New King James Version - So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died. c. There I made you the leader of My people Israel. from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind Then the men of Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. Jeroboam reigned for 22 years. Jeroboam lesson for us is that we must serve God with all our hearts minds and souls all Asa took gold and silver from the Temple and sent them to Ben-Hadad I, king of Aram Damascus, in exchange for the Damascene king canceling his peace treaty with Baasha. King Rehoboam and King Jeroboam had war between them all their life. He will tell you what will happen to the boy. 4Jeroboams wife did so. 14But the Lord will send a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam this day and from now on. wrote Ps 18 as a result of this escape and penned the words: "My God, my 6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming to the door, he said, "Come in . Since David died when he was 70 years old, it means that he was 50 years old when Bathsheba (9-11 years old) gave birth to Solomon. Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. His short reign of only three years (913911 BC) was filled with war between Abijah and King . Ahaziah's true age when he became king of Judah is easy to discern by further research. Although it is difficult to know for sure, it seems that he was a good king who Philistines captured the ark. In these two years he made an expedition against Gibbethon, a city of the Philistines, and continued the siege in order to take it; but he was conspired against while he was there by a friend of his, whose name was Baasha, the son of Ahijah, and was slain; which Baasha took the kingdom after the other's death, and destroyed the whole house of Jeroboam. His wife Had met him on the ridge until She died. 1, 2; Seder 'Olam R. 5. Asa (Hebrew: , Modern: Asa, Tiberian: s; Greek: ; Latin: Asa) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David.The Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign between 40-41 years. Some scholars believe the biblical accounts of Abijam's family to be contradictory;[6] however, a study of Hebrew linguistics may remove any seeming contradictions. Hours later, Barkley, who was. Abijah, King of Judah 15 Abijah became the new king of Judah during the 18th year that Jeroboam son of Nebat ruled Israel. 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