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24 Adoram was in charge of forced labor. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the record keeper.[a] 25 Sheva[b] was the secretary, and Zadok and Abiathar were the high priests. 26 Also Ira the Jairite was a government minister[c] for David.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:24 This official also served as a spokesman and chief of protocol. Like the secretary, he was the equivalent of a cabinet-level official.
  2. 2 Samuel 20:25 Hebrew variant Sheya. This name has various forms and spellings. In Hebrew script the letters v and y look alike.
  3. 2 Samuel 20:26 The Hebrew word cohen usually means priest, that is, a spiritual minister. Here cohen is used in the European sense of a minister of state.