Bible Person

Adonijah

Meaning: the Lord is my master · Male · 1 cross reference

This Adonijah entry refers to the Levite sent out with the princes to teach the law in Judah under Jehoshaphat, not to David's son or the covenant signatory in Nehemiah. He belongs to the instructional ministry of royal reform. First appears in 2 Chr 17:8.1

AI summary: This Adonijah matters because his single cross reference places him within the mission to spread knowledge of the law throughout Judah. The entry shows that reform depended on teachers as well as kings and priests. Taken together, the material presents this Adonijah as a Levite participant in the educational work of covenant renewal.1

Central Figure

Adonijah

Meaning: the Lord is my master

A Levite sent with the princes to teach the book of the law to the inhabitants of Judah (2 Chr.