Abijam

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Abijam is a biblical king of Judah, known from the Hebrew Bible as a short-reigning successor of Rehoboam and a descendant of King David.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Abijam canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
king of Judah ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abiah ⓘ
Abijah ⓘ
linked to: Abijam of Judah
ancestor King David ⓘ
burialPlace City of David ⓘ
capital Jerusalem ⓘ
category Hebrew Bible people ⓘ
Kings of Judah ⓘ
linked to: King of Judah
chronologicalPosition second king of Judah after the division of the monarchy ⓘ
comparison not like David his forefather ⓘ
conflict war with Jeroboam ⓘ
contemporary Jeroboam I ⓘ
describedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
dynasty House of David ⓘ
ethnicity Israelite ⓘ
linked to: Israelites
evaluatedAs did evil in the sight of the LORD ⓘ
father Rehoboam ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Abijam ⓘ
grandfather Solomon ⓘ
house House of Rehoboam ⓘ
kingdom Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
languageContext Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
mentionedIn 1 Kings 14 ⓘ
1 Kings 15 ⓘ
2 Chronicles 13 ⓘ
monarchyType Davidic monarchy ⓘ
linked to: House of David
mother Maacah daughter of Abishalom ⓘ
nameMeaning my father is Yam (or sea) / my father is the LORD (variant etymologies) ⓘ
predecessor Rehoboam ⓘ
reasonForDynastyPreservation for David’s sake ⓘ
reignDuration 3 years ⓘ
reignLocation Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Yahwism ⓘ
scripturalGenre Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
sourceText Masoretic Text ⓘ
spouse Maacah daughter of Abishalom ⓘ
successor Asa of Judah ⓘ
timePeriod Divided Monarchy ⓘ
title King of Judah ⓘ
tribe Tribe of Judah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abijah → alternateName → Abijam ⓘ
Asa → father → Abijam ⓘ
Asa → predecessor → Abijam ⓘ
Abijam → givenName → Abijam ⓘ
Maacah → activeDuringReignOf → Abijam ⓘ