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This article is about the given name. For the unincorporated community, see
Adonijah, West Virginia
.
Adonijah
is the fourth son of King David in the Bible. The given name may also refer to:
Biblical figures
A
Levite
sent with the princes to teach the book of the law to the inhabitants of Judah (
2 Chronicles 17:8
)
One of the "chiefs of the people" after the
Babylonian captivity
(
Nehemiah 10:16
)
People
Adonijah Bidwell
(1716–1784), colonial American minister and supporter of American independence
Adonijah Reid
(born 1999), Canadian soccer player
Adonijah Welch
(1821–1889), United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College
See also
Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah
(c. 1470–before 1538), Jewish biblical scholar
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