Adonikam
The name Adonikam means “the Lord is raised.” Adonikam is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Ezra 2:13.
Who was 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 (8:13).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Adonikam
- 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.