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Adonikam

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19154 verse references

Easton's 1897

Whom the Lord sets up, one of those “which came with Zerubbabel” (Ezra 2:13). His “children,” or retainers, to the number of 666, came up to Jerusalem (8:13).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18); 1Esd 5:14 (B.C. 506-410.) The name is given as ADONIJAH in (Nehemiah 10:16)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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