{
  "id": "dict_000121",
  "term": "Ahiam",
  "slug": "ahiam",
  "letter": "A",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Ahiam is a biblical man named among David’s mighty warriors in the roster passages of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles.",
  "simple_one_line": "Ahiam was one of David’s mighty men.",
  "tooltip_text": "Ahiam is a named warrior in the lists of David’s elite fighters.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "David",
    "David’s mighty men",
    "2 Samuel 23",
    "1 Chronicles 11"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Abishai",
    "Benaiah",
    "Shammah",
    "2 Samuel"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Ahiam is a brief Old Testament personal name attached to one of David’s mighty men. He appears in list material rather than in a narrative account, so Scripture tells us little more than that he was counted among David’s notable warriors.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Ahiam is a biblical person named in the lists of David’s mighty men.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "He is mentioned in roster-style passages about David’s elite warriors.",
    "He is a personal name, not a theological concept.",
    "The parallel lists preserve his name in slightly different forms.",
    "The entry belongs in a biblical persons section rather than a doctrinal category."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Ahiam is a personal name in the Old Testament, identifying one of David’s mighty warriors. He is mentioned briefly in the lists of David’s elite fighters in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles.",
  "description_academic_full": "Ahiam is a biblical person named among David’s mighty men. He appears in the roster passages that preserve the names of David’s elite warriors, rather than in an extended narrative. Because the biblical data are brief, little can be said with confidence beyond his inclusion in those lists. The name is best treated as a Bible dictionary person entry, not as a theological term or doctrinal category.",
  "background_biblical_context": "The books of Samuel and Chronicles preserve lists of David’s mighty men, highlighting the men who supported his kingdom and fought on his behalf. Ahiam belongs to that historical setting as one of the named warriors in those rosters.",
  "background_historical_context": "These roster passages reflect the military and courtly world of David’s reign, where elite fighters were remembered by name. Such lists function as historical memorials of loyal service within the early monarchy.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient Israelite genealogical and roster lists often preserved names that would otherwise be forgotten. In this setting, Ahiam is remembered as part of David’s warrior band, even though Scripture gives no further biographical detail.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "2 Samuel 23:33",
    "1 Chronicles 11:35"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "Ahiam is a Hebrew personal name. The exact nuance of the name is uncertain, and the Samuel and Chronicles lists preserve slightly different attached patronymic forms.",
  "theological_significance": "Ahiam’s inclusion shows that Scripture values the names of faithful servants, even when their story is brief. His mention also underscores the historical concreteness of David’s kingdom and the reliability of the biblical record in preserving real people and real offices of service.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "Brief name entries remind readers that history is made of particular persons, not abstractions. Biblical lists can seem minor, but they preserve memory, identity, and covenant history in concrete form.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not overread a roster notice into a full biography. The parallel Samuel and Chronicles references differ in the attached family-name form, so harmonization should be cautious rather than forced.",
  "major_views_note": "There is little interpretive debate about Ahiam himself. The main discussion concerns the slightly different wording of the parallel lists and the identification of the same warrior across them.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "This is a historical person entry, not a doctrinal topic. No theological conclusion should be built from Ahiam beyond the general truth that God preserves the memory of real people in Scripture.",
  "practical_significance": "Ahiam’s brief notice encourages readers to value quiet, unnamed, or little-known service. In biblical history, not every faithful person receives a long narrative, but none is insignificant to God.",
  "meta_description": "Ahiam was one of David’s mighty men, named in the warrior lists of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/ahiam/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/ahiam.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}