Abiram

AI summary: Abiram matters because the cross references present him as a representative of tribal rebellion against God's appointed leadership. He refuses Moses' summons, participates in the uprising, and is destroyed with his household when the earth opens. Later biblical recollection preserves his fate as a warning not to harden the heart against divine order. Taken together, the material presents Abiram as a rebellion figure whose end reinforces the seriousness of resisting God's chosen leadership.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). ³