ISBHPK ABQ - John The Baptist Back Story!

History of John The Baptist

Luk_1:5  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Herod:  Mat_2:1

of the course:  1Ch_24:10, 1Ch_24:19, Neh_12:4, Neh_12:17, Abijah

1Ch_24:10  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.

Neh_12:4, Neh_12:17, Luk_1:5, Abia

Smith Bible Dictionary

Abijah

4. A descendant of Eleazar, who gave his name to the eighth of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided by David. 1Ch_24:10; 2Ch_8:14; Neh_12:4; Neh_12:17.

Easton Bible Dictionary

(4.) A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David (1Ch_24:10). The order of Abijah was one of those which did not return from the Captivity (Ezr_2:36-39; Neh_7:39-42; Neh_12:1).

Mat 3:1-2 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, :2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.