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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Abia (King living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
Matthew's spelling of Abijah, the king of Judah, sitting in the genealogy. One verse, one name in a chain.
First, in plain English
Matthew's spelling of Abijah, the king of Judah, sitting in the genealogy. One verse, one name in a chain.
Who this is
Abia is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Abijah. Matthew's genealogy of Jesus uses it for Abijah, king of Judah and son of Rehoboam (Matthew 1:7). Luke uses it differently, naming the eighth of the twenty-four priestly divisions David established, the division to which Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, belonged (Luke 1:5; 1 Chronicles 24:10).
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
G7
Where it appears
- Matthew 1:7
