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Abiram

Abiram - 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. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17).

(2.) 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). (See Jericho.)

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)



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