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Adonikam
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 (Ezra 8:13).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Ezra 2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
- Ezra 8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
- Nehemiah 7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.