Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam<LI>second son of Samuel<LI>son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel<LI>son of Becher, a Benjamite<LI>head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)<LI>head of a priestly house (after the exile)<LI>wife of Hezron<LI>mother of Hezekiah (cf<LI></OL>