Adonikam

A man living during the time of exile and return, first mentioned in Ezra 2:13.

About Adonikam

The head of a family whose descendants returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18). Ezra says that 666 members of Adonikam’s family returned, but Nehemiah says the number is 667 (which agrees with 1 Esdras 5:14). This is probably a scribal variation.

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Key References

Ezra 2:13

the descendants of Adonikam, 666;

Ezra 8:13

from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

Nehemiah 7:18

the descendants of Adonikam, 667;

All Scripture References (3)

Ezra (2)
Ezra 2:13

the descendants of Adonikam, 666;

Ezra 8:13

from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

Nehemiah (1)
Nehemiah 7:18

the descendants of Adonikam, 667;