'Abiram' (אֲבִירָם "my
father is exalted", compare
Abram), also spelled 'Abiron', is the name of two people in the
Old Testament:
#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, were swallowed up by an earthquake (
Numbers 16:1-40; 26:9-11;
Psalms. 106:17).
#The eldest son of
Hiel the
Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild
Jericho (
1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of
Joshua (6:26).
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