•A Gadite, chief of a family who lived in Gilead in Bashan, (1 Chronicles 5:15) in the days of
Jotham and of Judah. (B.C. 758.)
•A descendant of Shamer, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:34)
Ahiah, Or Ahijah
(friend of Jehovah).
•Son of Ahitub, grandson of Phinehas and great-grandson of Eli, succeeded his father as high priest
in the reign of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:3,18) Ahiah is probably the same person as Ahimelech the son
of Ahitub. (B.C. 980.)
•One of Solomon’s princes. (1 Kings 4:3)
•A prophet of Shiloh, (1 Kings 14:2) hence called the Shilonite, (1 Kings 11:29) of whom we have
two remarkable prophecies extant, the one in (1 Kings 11:30-39) addressed to Jeroboam, announcing
the rending of the ten tribes from Solomon; the other in (1 Kings 14:6-16) in which he foretold
the death of Abijah, the king’s son, who was sick, and the destruction of Jeroboam’s house on
account of the images which he had set up. (1 Kings 14:2,3) (B.C. about 956.)
•Father of Baasha king of Israel. (1 Kings 15:27,33)
•Son of Jerahmeel. (1 Chronicles 2:25)
•Son of Bela. (1 Chronicles 8:7)
•One of David’s mighty men. (1 Chronicles 11:36)
•A Levite in David’s reign. (1 Chronicles 26:20)
•One of the “heads of the people” who joined in the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:26)
Ahiam
son of Sharar the Hararite (or of Sacar,) (1 Chronicles 11:35) one of David’s thirty mighty men.
(2 Samuel 23:33) (B.C. 1050.)
Ahian
a Manassite of the family of Shemidah. (1 Chronicles 7:19)
Ahiezer
(brother of help).
•Son of Ammishaddai, hereditary chieftain of the tribe of Dan. (Numbers 1:12; 2:25; 7:66) (B.C.
1490).
•The Benjamite chief of a body of archers in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 12:3) (B.C. 1050.)
Ahihud
(brother of renown).
•The son of Shelomi and prince of the tribe of Asher. (Numbers 34:27)
•Chieftain of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:7)
Ahijah
[Ahiah, Or Ahijah]
Ahikam
(a brother who raises up), son of Shaphan the scribe, an influential officer at the court of Josiah,
was one of the delegates sent by Hilkaih to consult Huldah. (2 Kings 22:12-14) In the reign of
Jehoiakim he successfully used his influence to protect the prophet Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 26:24) He
was the father of Gedaliah. [Gedaliah] (B.C. 641).
Ahilud
(a brother of one born, i.e. before him).
frankie
(Frankie)
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