Abiram

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Father of height; i.e., "proud."

(1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Num 16:1; Num 26:9; Ps 10617).

(2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho (1 Kg 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (Josh 6:26).


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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