There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son
And Abijah rested with his fathers and was Buried in the City of David.
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah to be the chief prince among his brothers, in order to make him king.
But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
5In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
