Abiram

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high father; father of deceit
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary


ABIRAM (‘father is the Exalted One’).—1. A Reubenite, who with Dathan conspired against Moses (Num_16:1 etc., Deu_11:6, Psa_106:17). See art. Korah. 2. The firstborn son of Hiel the Bethelite, who died when his father rebuilt Jericho (1Ki_16:34).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


("father of height".)
1. A Reubenite, son of Eliab; conspired with Dathan and On, Reubenites, and Korah, a Levite, against Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16). (See AARON; KORAH.)
2. Oldest son of Hiel the Bethelite (1Ki_16:34); perished at his father's laying the foundations of Jericho's fortified walls, as Joshua's curse predicted (1Ki_6:26).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Abi'ram.
1. A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. Num_16:1. For details, see Korah. (B.C. 1490).
2. Eldest son of Hiel the bethelite, who died when his father laid the foundations of Jericho, 1Ki_16:34, and thus accomplished the first part of the curse of Joshua. Jos_6:26. (B.C. after 905).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


the eldest son of Hiel, the Bethelite. Joshua having destroyed the city of Jericho, pronounced this curse: “Cursed be the man, before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city, Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it,” Jos_6:26. Hiel of Bethel, about five hundred and thirty-seven years after this imprecation, having undertaken to rebuild Jericho, whilst he was laying the foundation of it, lost his eldest son, Abiram, 1Ki_16:34; and Segub, the youngest, when they set up the gates of it; a remarkable instance of a prophetic denunciation fulfilled, perhaps on a person who would not credit the tradition, or the truth of the prediction. So true is the word of the Lord; so minutely are the most distant contingencies foreseen by him; and so exact is the accomplishment of Divine prophecy!
2. ABIRAM, the son of Eliab, of the tribe of Reuben, was one of those who conspired with Korah and Dathan against Moses in the wilderness, and was swallowed up alive, with his companions, by the earth, which opened to receive them, Numbers 16.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.


a-bı̄?ram (אבירם, 'ăbhı̄rām, ?exalted father,? or, ?my father is an exalted one?):
(1) The son of Eliab the son of Pallu the son of Reuben (Num_26:5; Deu_11:6). In company with his brother Dathan and Korah the Levite and others, he disputed the authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness (Nu 16 through 17; 26; Deu_11:6; Psa_106:17). Two hundred and fifty followers of Korah perished by fire at the doorway of the tent of meeting. Dathan and Abiram refused to come to the tent of meeting, at the summons of Moses; and the earth opened where their tents were, and swallowed them and their families and their goods. See KORAH.
(2) The firstborn son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho in the time of Ahab (1Ki_16:34; compare Jos_6:26). This incident has recently acquired a new interest owing to discoveries made at Gezer and Megiddo concerning foundation sacrifices as in ancient times offered in Palestine. One should not be too positive in making statements concerning this, but the following is a possible interpretation of the record. The curse pronounced by Joshua on the man who should rebuild Jericho was of a piece with the other details, Jericho being treated exceptionally, as a city placed under the ban. The language of Joshua's curse is capable of being translated: 'Cursed be the man before Yahweh who shall ... build ... Jericho; (who) shall lay its foundation in his firstborn, and set up its gates in his youngest.' According to this interpretation the death of the builder's eldest and youngest sons is not spoken of as the penalty involved in the curse, but as an existing horrible custom, mentioned in order to give solemnity to the diction of the curse. The writer in Kings cites the language of the curse by Joshua. The context in which he mentions the affair suggests that he regards Hiel's conduct as exceptionally flagrant in its wickedness. Hiel, in defiance of Yahweh, not only built the city, but in building it revived the horrible old Canaanite custom, making his first-born son a foundation sacrifice, and his youngest son a sacrifice at the completion of the work.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Abiram, 1
Abi?ram (father of altitude, i.e. high), one of the family-chiefs of the tribe of Reuben, who, with Dathan and On of the same tribe, joined Korah, of the tribe of Levi, in a conspiracy against Aaron and Moses (Numbers 16) [AARON].
Abiram, 2
Abiram, Eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite (1Ki_16:34) [HIEL; JERICHO].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Abiram
(Heb. Abiram', אֲבַירָם, father of height, i.e. proud), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. Α᾿βειρών, Vulg. Abiron, Josephus Α᾿βίραμος, Ant. 4, 2, 2.) One of the sons of Eliab of the family-heads of Reuben, who, with his brother, Dathan, and with On of the same tribe, joined Korah the Levite in a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron, which resulted in their being swallowed up with all their families and possessions (except the children of Korah) by an earthquake (Num_16:1-27; Num_26:9; Deu_11:6; Psa_106:17), B.C. cir. 1620. SEE KORAH.
2. (Sept. Α᾿βιρών, Vulg. Abiram.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who is remarkable as having died prematurely (for such is the evident import of the statement), for the presumption or ignorance of his father, in fulfillment of the doom pronounced upon his posterity who should undertake to rebuild Jericho (1Ki_16:34), B.C. post 905. SEE HIEL.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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