Adonijah (2 Chronicles 17:8)
The name Adonijah means “the Lord is my master.” Adonijah is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in 2 Chronicles 17:8.
Who was Adonijah?
A Levite sent with the princes to teach the book of the law to the inhabitants of Judah (2 Chr. 17:8).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Adonijah
- 2 Chronicles 17:8
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.