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==Contents== {{also}} {{ebd}} {{topics}}* [[Ancient Israel and Judah]]* [[1 Kings 15]] {{opinions}} {{quotes}} ==Main article== Abijam (In Hebrew, אבים meaning , means "father of the sea" or "my father is Yahweh"), . He was the son of [[Rehoboam]], who was also a king of Judah. He was also called Abijah.

He began his three years' reign ([[2 Chronicles 12:16]]; - [[2 Chronicles 13|13:2]]:1,2) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes to their past allegianceto God. His address to "Jeroboam and all Israel," before encountering them in battle, is worthy of especial notice ([[2 Chronicles 13]]:5-12). It was a very bloody battle, with no fewer than 500,000 of the army of [[Israel]] having perished perishing on the field.

He Notwithstanding the speech calling people back to God, Abijam is described as having walked "in all the sins of his father" ([[1 Kings 15:3]]; [[2 Chronicles 11]]:20-22).

It is said in [[1 Kings 15:2]] that "his mother's name was [[Maachah]], the daughter of [[Abishalom]]" but in [[Books of Chronicles|2 Chronicles]] 13:2 ]] we read, "his mother's name was [[Michaiah]], the daughter of [[Uriel of Gibeah]]." The explanation is may be that Maachah is just a variation of the name Michaiah, and that Abishalom is probably the same as [[Absalom]], the son of [[King David|David]]. It is probable that "Uriel of Gibeah" married [[Tamar]], the daughter of Absalom ([[2 Samuel 14:27]]), and by her had Maachah. The word "daughter" in [[1 Kings 15:2]] will thus, as it frequently does elsewhere does, mean granddaughter. ==Quotes==

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