Abiram

Abiram is an Aaron's adversary living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Reuben. He is named in 8 verses of the Bible, first in Numbers 16:1.

Family

Verses

Numbers

• Numbers 16:1
  Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
• Numbers 16:12
  And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
• Numbers 16:24
  Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
• Numbers 16:25
  And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
• Numbers 16:27
  So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
• Numbers 26:9
  And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 11:6
  And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

Psalms

• Psalm 106:17
  The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.