²⁴ So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast^(A) came, the king sat down to eat.

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^(A) was in charge of the forced labor.

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.