Abi'a, Abi'ah
1. One of Samuel's sons, a judge in Israel, who took bribes and perverted judgement. The Israelites gave this as their reason for wanting a king. 1Sa 8:2; 1Ch 6:28.
2. Wife of Hezron. 1Ch 2:24.
3. Son of Becher a Benjamite. 1Ch 7:8.
4. Son of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. 1 Chr. 3:10; Mt 1:7. See ABIJAH, No. 1.
5. One of the courses of priests. Lu 1:5. See ABIJAH, No. 3.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
And after Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bore him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And the sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachariah, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.