Abijah of Judah

"Abijam (Hebrew: אֲבִיָּם‎, Modern: Avīyam, Tiberian: Aḇīyām, "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea"; Greek: Αβιου, romanized: Aviou; Latin: Abiam) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam and the grandson of Solomon. The Chronicler refers to him as Abijah.[a]

^ "1 Kings 15:1 Multilingual: Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah". mlbible.com.^ Pulkrabek 2007, p. 39.^ Provan, Hubbard & Johnston 2012, p. 189.^ Zucker 2013, p. 194.^ 2 Chronicles 13:1–22Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page)." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.10.2020)