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Strong's #138 - אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ
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Adonijah = “my lord is Jehovah”
1) fourth son of David and Solomon’s rival for the throne
2) Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law
3) a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah
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1 fourth son of David 1 Kings 1:8 11t., 1 Kings 2:13 5t. (= אֲדֹנִיָּה 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5,7,18; 1 Kings 2:28; 1 Chronicles 3:2).
2 a Levite 2 Chronicles 17:8.
3 a chief of the people Nehemiah 10:17 (= אֲדֹנִיקָם Nehemiah 7:18; Ezra 2:13; compare Ezra 8:13).
אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ (“Jehovah (is) my lord”), [Adonijah], pr.n.
(1) a son of David who headed a sedition against his father; 1 Kings 1:8, seq.; also called אֲדֹנִיָּה verse 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Samuel 3:4.
(2) 2 Chronicles 17:8.
(3) Nehemiah 10:17. Also Ezra 2:13, called אֲדֹנִיקָם (“lord of enemies”), [Adonikam], comp. 8:13 Nehemiah 7:18.