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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71242" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71242" /> == | ||
<p> '''Adoni'kam''' or '''Adon'ikam.''' The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from [[Babylon]] with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18; 1 [[Esdras]] 5:14 | <p> '''Adoni'kam''' or '''Adon'ikam.''' The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from [[Babylon]] with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18; 1 [[Esdras]] 5:14 (B.C. 506-410). The name is given as [[Adonijah]] in Nehemiah 10:16. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49272" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49272" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Adonikam]] </strong> (‘my Lord has arisen’), Ezra 2:13; Ezra 8:13 , Neh 7:18 , Esther 5:14 Esther 5:14; 1Es 8:39 . The head of a [[Jewish]] family after the Exile; apparently called in Nehemiah 10:16 <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Adonikam]] </strong> (‘my Lord has arisen’), Ezra 2:13; Ezra 8:13 , Neh 7:18 , Esther 5:14 Esther 5:14; 1Es 8:39 . The head of a [[Jewish]] family after the Exile; apparently called in Nehemiah 10:16 <strong> Adonijah </strong> . </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38411" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38411" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34250" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34250" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Adonijah.) | <p> (See [[Adonijah]] .) </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17875" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17875" /> == | ||
<p> [many Adon’ ikam] (Heb. Adonikam’, אֲדַֹניקָם, probably, whom the ''Lord | <p> [many Adon’ ikam] (Heb. Adonikam’, אֲדַֹניקָם, probably, whom the ''Lord Sets Up;'' Sept. Αδωνικάμ )'','' one, whose retainers, to the number of 666, returned (B.C. 506) to [[Jerusalem]] with [[Zerubbabel]] ( Ezra 2:13), besides himself ( Nehemiah 7:18), and somewhat later (B.C. 459) his three immediate descendants, with 60 male followers ( Ezra 8:13). In the Apocryphal text ( 1 Esdras 8:39) his name is once Anglicized ''Andonicam'' (Ἀδωνικάμ, comp. Ἀδωνικάν '','' 1 Esdras 5:14). He appears (from the identity of the associated names) to have been the ADONIJAH (See Adonijah) who joined in the religious covenant of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:16), B.C. 410. Adoni’ ram </p> <p> (Heb. Adoniram’, אֲדֹנַירָם '', Lord Of Height,'' i. c. ''High Lord;'' Sept. Ἀδωνιράμ )'','' a person mentioned as receiver-general of the imposts [see TAX] in the reigns of David ( 1 Kings 5:6, where he is said to lave been the son of Abda; 2 Samuel 20:24, where he is called ADORAM, by contraction), [[Solomon]] ( 1 Kings 4:14), and [[Rehoboam]] ( 1 Kings 12:18, where he is called ADORAM; 2 Chronicles 10:18, where he is called HADORAM, q.v.), for an extended term (B.C. 1014-973), during which he had rendered himself, as well as the tribute itself, so odious to the people (comp. 1 Kings 12:4), in sustaining the immense public works of Solomon (q.v.), that, when Rehoboam rashly sent him to enforce the collection of the taxes, the exasperated populace rose upon him and stoned him to death, as a signal for the revolt under [[Jeroboam]] ( 1 Kings 12:18). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_649" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_649" /> == | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 13 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Adoni'kam or Adon'ikam. The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18; 1 Esdras 5:14 (B.C. 506-410). The name is given as Adonijah in Nehemiah 10:16.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Adonikam (‘my Lord has arisen’), Ezra 2:13; Ezra 8:13 , Neh 7:18 , Esther 5:14 Esther 5:14; 1Es 8:39 . The head of a Jewish family after the Exile; apparently called in Nehemiah 10:16 Adonijah .
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Ezra 2:13 Ezra 8:13 Ezra 7:18 Nehemiah 10:16
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
One or more whose descendants returned from exile. Ezra 2:13; Ezra 8:13; Nehemiah 7:18 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Ezra 2:13
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [6]
(See Adonijah .)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
[many Adon’ ikam] (Heb. Adonikam’, אֲדַֹניקָם, probably, whom the Lord Sets Up; Sept. Αδωνικάμ ), one, whose retainers, to the number of 666, returned (B.C. 506) to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:13), besides himself ( Nehemiah 7:18), and somewhat later (B.C. 459) his three immediate descendants, with 60 male followers ( Ezra 8:13). In the Apocryphal text ( 1 Esdras 8:39) his name is once Anglicized Andonicam (Ἀδωνικάμ, comp. Ἀδωνικάν , 1 Esdras 5:14). He appears (from the identity of the associated names) to have been the ADONIJAH (See Adonijah) who joined in the religious covenant of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:16), B.C. 410. Adoni’ ram
(Heb. Adoniram’, אֲדֹנַירָם , Lord Of Height, i. c. High Lord; Sept. Ἀδωνιράμ ), a person mentioned as receiver-general of the imposts [see TAX] in the reigns of David ( 1 Kings 5:6, where he is said to lave been the son of Abda; 2 Samuel 20:24, where he is called ADORAM, by contraction), Solomon ( 1 Kings 4:14), and Rehoboam ( 1 Kings 12:18, where he is called ADORAM; 2 Chronicles 10:18, where he is called HADORAM, q.v.), for an extended term (B.C. 1014-973), during which he had rendered himself, as well as the tribute itself, so odious to the people (comp. 1 Kings 12:4), in sustaining the immense public works of Solomon (q.v.), that, when Rehoboam rashly sent him to enforce the collection of the taxes, the exasperated populace rose upon him and stoned him to death, as a signal for the revolt under Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12:18).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]
ad -ō -nı̄´kam ( אדניקם , 'ădhōnı̄ḳām , "my lord has risen up"): The name of a family of the returning exiles ( Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 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" ( Ezra 8:13 ).
References
- ↑ Adonikam from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Adonikam from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Adonikam from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Adonikam from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Adonikam from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Adonikam from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Adonikam from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Adonikam from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
