Old Testament
Adonikam
A leader whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Adonikam is identified in the lists of Ezra and Nehemiah as the head of a family group that returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity. His descendants numbered 666 in the census recorded in Ezra 2:13 and Nehemiah 7:18. The name signifies the importance of genealogical records in establishing the identity and heritage of the post-exilic community.
In the text
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Ezra 2:13
- Last appears
- Nehemiah 7:18
Where Adonikam appears
3 verses · 3 chaptersIn the same books
- Ezra25 versesA priest and scribe who led a group of exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem to restore the Law of God.
- Artaxerxes14 versesA Persian king who authorized the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and supported Ezra's mission to Judea.
- Tobiah12 versesAn Ammonite official who vehemently opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah7 versesA cupbearer to Artaxerxes who led the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and restored the people's devotion to God.
- Mordecai52 versesA Jewish exile in Persia who raised his cousin Esther and saved the Jewish people from Haman's genocidal plot.
- Eliashib15 versesThe High Priest who oversaw the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall and later compromised temple purity.
Browse every named person in People in the Bible.