Dictionary of Jewish Biography

ABIJAH

Abijah: translation

(fl 1Oth cent, BCE)
King of Judah (914-912 BCE).
He engaged in continuous battle withJeroboam, King of Israel (I Kings 15; II Chronicles 13).

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