- ADJURATION a solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another
the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Samuel 14:24;
Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16).
We have in the New Testament a striking example of this (Matthew 26:63;
Mark 5:7), where the high priest calls upon Christ to avow his true
character. It would seem that in such a case the person so adjured could
not refuse to give an answer.
The word “adjure”, i.e., cause to swear is used with reference to the casting
out of demons (Acts 19:13).
- ADMAH earth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Genesis
10:19). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (19:24;
Deuteronomy 29:23). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam
of Joshua 3:16, the name of which still lingers in Damieh, the ford of
Jordan. (See ZEBOIM.) - ADNAH delight. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David
at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20). (2.) A general under Jehoshaphat, chief over
300,000 men (2 Chronicles 17:14). - ADONIBEZEK Lord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued
seventy of the chiefs that were around him, made an attack against the
armies of Judah and Simeon, but was defeated and brought as a captive to
Jerusalem, where his thumbs and great toes were cut off. He confessed that
God had requited him for his like cruelty to the seventy kings whom he
had subdued (Judges 1:4-7; comp. 1 Samuel 15:33). - ADONIJAH my Lord is Jehovah. (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Samuel
3:4). After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom, he became
heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon, a younger brother, was
preferred to him. Adonijah, however, when his father was dying, caused
himself to be proclaimed king. But Nathan and Bathsheba induced David
to give orders that Solomon should at once be proclaimed and admitted to
the throne. Adonijah fled and took refuge at the altar, and received pardon
for his conduct from Solomon on the condition that he showed himself “a
worthy man” (1 Kings 1:5-53). He afterwards made a second attempt to
gain the throne, but was seized and put to death (1 Kings 2:13-25).
(2.) A Levite sent with the princes to teach the book of the law to the
inhabitants of Judah (2 Chronicles 17:8).