Reference: Ahiah, or Ahijah
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Ahi'ah, or Ahi'jah
(friend of Jehovah).
1. Son of Ahitub, grandson of Phinehas and great-grandson of Eli, succeeded his father as high priest in the reign of Saul.
Ahiah is probably the same person as Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (B.C. 980.)
2. One of Solomon's princes.
3. A prophet of Shiloh,
hence called the Shilonite,
of whom we have two remarkable prophecies extant, the one in
addressed to Jeroboam, announcing the rending of the ten tribes from Solomon; the other in
in which he foretold the death of Abijah, the king's son, who was sick, and the destruction of Jeroboam's house on account of the images which he had set up.
(B.C. about 956.)
4. Father of Baasha king of Israel.
5. Son of Jerahmeel.
6. Son of Bela.
7. One of David's mighty men.
8. A Levite in David's reign.
9. One of the "heads of the people" who joined in the covenant with Nehemiah.