1st Kings Chapter 4 verse 6 Holy Bible
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
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Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
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and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
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And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
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And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
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and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
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And Ahishar `is' over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda `is' over the tribute.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - And Ahishar was over the household [steward and manager of the palace. We meet this office here for the first time, an evidence of the growing size and magnificence of the court (cf. 1 Kings 18:3; 2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 22:15). That such an officer was needed, the fact mentioned below (on ver. 23) as to the enormous size of the royal household will prove]: and Adoniram [see on 1 Kings 12:18] the son of Abda was over the tribute. [Marg. "levy," i.e., the forced labour (1 Kings 5:13, 14). See on 1 Kings 12:3.]
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Over the household,--like the "High Steward" of a modern Court. In 2Kings 18:18 we have the same three officers mentioned ("Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder").Adoniram . . . over the tribute (or "levy"),--evidently the head of Solomon's great public works. (See 1Kings 5:14.) The name is elsewhere given as Adoram. It is to be noticed that in the enumeration of David's officers in the early part of the reign (2Samuel 8:16-18) no such officer is found; but that in the latter part of his reign the list contains the name of Adoram (2Samuel 20:24). It has been thought that the numbering of the people recorded in 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21, was in preparation for such forced work, and hence was odious to Joab and others. In 1Kings 12:18 we read how the holder of this office, being naturally most unpopular with those who had felt the burden of Solomon's splendour, was stoned to death in the insurrection against Rehoboam. . . .