1 Kings 4:6
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6 Ahishar, over the household; and (A)Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force.
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1 Kings 4:6
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1 Kings 12:18
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18 Then King Rehoboam (A)sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 12:18
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18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[a](A) who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death.(B) King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.
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- 1 Kings 12:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram
1 Kings 9:15
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Solomon’s Additional Achievements(A)
15 And this is the reason for (B)the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the Lord, his own house, [a]the (C)Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, (D)Hazor, (E)Megiddo, and (F)Gezer.
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- 1 Kings 9:15 Lit. The Landfill
1 Kings 9:15
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15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted(A) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[a](B) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,(C) Megiddo and Gezer.(D)
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- 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24
2 Samuel 20:24
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24 Adoram was (A)in charge of revenue; (B)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
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2 Samuel 20:24
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- 2 Samuel 20:24 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram
1 Kings 5:13-14
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13 Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; (A)Adoniram was in charge of the labor force.
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1 Kings 5:13-14
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13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men. 14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram(B) was in charge of the forced labor.
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