Abiram
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Abiram, also spelled Abiron, (Hebrew: אֲבִירָם "my father is exalted")[1] is the name of two people in the Old Testament. One was the son of Eliab, who, along with his brother Dathan, 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 second was 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 Joshua (6:26).
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"Core, Dathan, and Abiron". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
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