Ahishar, in charge of the palace;

and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.

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14 He sent ten thousand to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

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18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram,[a](A) who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into the chariot and flee to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:18 LXX reads Adoniram; 1Kg 4:6; 5:14

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