Abijah lived in a wicked household.
What do these words tell us about Abijah?
Recall that something good was“ found in” Abijah.
Abijah pursued after Jeroboam,
The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Joel, and the second Abijah.
Compared to his family, Abijah was, as one scholar put it,
that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war,
How does the example of Abijah show that Jehovah values good qualities
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
Samuel set an example that his sons, Joel and Abijah, would have done well to imitate.
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.