Nuremberg chronicles f 63r 1Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel)

Adonikam

אֲדֹנִיקָם/ad-oh-NY-kam/

“My lord has risen up”

Summary

The ancestor of a large family that returned from the Babylonian exile, whose name is also given as Adonijah in Nehemiah.

☩Identity

Adonikam was the head of an Israelite family whose descendants returned from Babylon in significant numbers. The family name appears in the lists of returning exiles, with 666 members according to Ezra (655 in some manuscripts of Nehemiah) returning with Zerubbabel in 536 BC. Later, three of his direct descendants—Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah—returned with sixty additional male family members under Ezra.

Key verses:Ezra 2:13Nehemiah 7:18Ezra 8:13

☩Later Reference

Adonikam appears to be the same person called Adonijah who sealed the religious covenant with Nehemiah, the name variation being common in Hebrew names ending with divine elements.

Key verses:Nehemiah 10:16

Related Verses4 mentions

Ezra· 2 verses

2:13 8:13

Nehemiah· 2 verses

7:18 10:16

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Adonikam," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.James Orr (ed.), "Adonikam," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).