The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

EZRA 2:13KJV
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Ezra 2:13 (KJV)

What does Ezra 2:13 mean?

Ezra 2:13 records that 666 descendants of Adonikam returned from exile to Jerusalem. This verse is part of a list naming the families and the number of people in each group who came back to Judah after the Babylonian captivity.

Ezra, the writer, is documenting the families who returned from Babylon to rebuild their lives in Jerusalem. The verse simply counts the people from the family of Adonikam, showing their place among the returning exiles. This list helps establish the continuity and identity of the Jewish community after a long period away from their homeland.

Where else these words appear

“Adonikam” Hebrew H140 · used in 3 verses

  • Ezra 8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
  • Nehemiah 7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.

“sixty” Hebrew H8346 · used in 56 verses

  • Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
  • Numbers 31:34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
  • 2 Chronicles 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines:(for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)