"How were Abijam and Asa related?" (Alleged Contradiction #E6488)
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
I Kings 15:8
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. …
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
I Kings 15:1-2, 9-10
Response
Abijam was the father of Asa. Maachah was the grandmother of Asa (e.g., “father” sometimes refers to patriarch in the Bible). Although a grandmother, she may have been referenced because of the power she had over the kingdom, as Asa had to remove her from being queen because of her idolatry. 1
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Notes
- I Kings 15:13 ↩