Bible Strands

Ahijah

A man, in the time of the Divided Monarchy · Israel · named in 4 verses

the name means brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah Strong's Lexicon

Ahijah was the father of Baasha, who became king of Israel and ruled for 24 years.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Brother (i.e., "friend") of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called "Ahiah."

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Children Baasha

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at 1 Kings 15:27.

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