Person Old Testament
Abijah
Also known as Abijah =ESV, NIV; Abiah =KJV
Abijah was a son of Becher and a descendant of Benjamin mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:8.
Why it matters. Son of Becher, a Benjaminite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Abijah
Abijah is mentioned briefly in 1Ch.7.8 as one of the sons of Becher, who was a son of Benjamin. He is listed in the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin, which traces the descendants of Benjamin, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Becher
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)