1 Chronicles 24:10

Overview - 1 Chronicles 24
The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders.
20 The Kohathites,
26 and the Merarites, divided by lot.
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1 Chronicles 24:10  (King James Version)
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
 


Abijah
As the Evangelist Luke mentions the course of Abia, it is evident that these courses of the priests, established by David, no doubt under Divine direction, were continued, with some alterations, till the days of Christ: these records must therefore have been very useful after the Babylonian captivity.
Nehemiah 12:4 Nehemiah 12:17 ; Luke 1:5

Abia