World English Bible
1 Kings 4:6
“and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.”
1 Kings 4:6 in the King James Version
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.Read 1 Kings 4:6 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 4
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend;
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
Cross references for 1 Kings 4:6
- 2 Samuel 20:24
and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 1 Kings 9:15
This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 12:18
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 5:13-14
King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to for...
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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