1. Also called ABIJAH, chief of the twenty-four courses of priests
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, (1 Chronicles 24:10)
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, (Nehemiah 12:4)
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. (Luke 1:5)
2. Son of Samuel
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (1 Samuel 8:1-5)
And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. (1 Chronicles 6:28)
3. King of Judah
See ABIJAM