Bible Person
Meaning: the Lord is my father · Male · 2 cross references
This Abijah entry refers to the priestly course established by David and later remembered in the New Testament as the division to which Zechariah belonged, not to the kings or queens of similar name. It belongs to the ordered continuity of priestly service across centuries. First appears in 1 Chr 24:10.1
AI summary: This Abijah matters because the cross references connect David's organization of the priesthood with the opening scene of Luke's Gospel. The continuity of this course across so much time shows how inherited structures of worship endured through monarchy, exile, and restoration into the days surrounding John the Baptist's birth. Taken together, the material presents this Abijah as a priestly house-name linking Israel's ancient temple ordering to the threshold of the New Testament.1
Central Figure
Abijah
Meaning: the Lord is my father
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.
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). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.