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(ad oh ni' kuhm) Personal name meaning, “the Lord has arisen.” Family head of 666 persons who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel from Babylon about 537 B.C. (Ezra 2:13 ). Some members of the family returned with Ezra under Xerxes (Ezra 8:13 ). Compare Ezra 7:18 . Some Bible students think Adonikam is the same person as Adonijah in Nehemiah 10:16 .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Adonikam'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/a/adonikam.html. 1991.

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