Monday, November 29, 2021

Who was the daughter of Zechariah?

        ABI (II Kings 18:2), daughter of Zechariah, wife of Ahaz, and mother of Hezekiah, King of Judah.
       Following her name and that of her son is the significant phrase, "And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord," a phrase repeated often in Kings and Chronicles in the lists of queen-mothers.
       It is a credit to Abi that her son removed the high places of sacrifice and broke images, because he trusted in the Lord God of Israel.
       Abi's husband, Ahaz, eleventh king of Judah, was a wicked king who despoiled the Temple and set up altars for idol worship. The fact that her son destroyed these sheds some light on the mother's character.
       She is called Abijah in II Chronicles 29:1.

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