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What Is Abijah (Abia) in the Bible?

Person

The eighth of the 24 divisions of priests who served in the Temple, one week at a time. Zechariah belonged to that division.

Where it appears in the Bible

Luke 1:5

What the Bible says

Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zachary, of the course of Abia; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: 1 Chronicles 24:10; NABRE note on Luke 1:5

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