Topic
Adonikam
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezra 2:13Easton · ISBE · Nave Also called ADONIJAH, a Jew who returned with Ezra from Babylon
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
- Nehemiah 7:18ISBE · Nave Also called ADONIJAH, a Jew who returned with Ezra from Babylon
The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
- Ezra 8:13ISBE
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
- Nehemiah 10:16Nave Also called ADONIJAH, a Jew who returned with Ezra from Babylon
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
ad-o-ni'-kam ('adhoniqam, "my lord has risen up"): The name of a family of the returning exiles (Ezr 2:13; Ne 7:18). "The sons of Adonikam," men and women and children, numbered 666 according to the list as given in Ezr, but 667 according to the copy in Neh. Either included among these or in addition to them was the contingent that came with Ezr, "Ehphalet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 males" (Ezr 8:13).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.