1 Kings 4:6
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New International Version (©2011)
Ahishar--palace administrator; Adoniram son of Abda--in charge of forced labor.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Ahishar was manager of the palace property. Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the labor force.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Ahishar, in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Ahishar supervised palace matters, and Abda's son Adoniram supervised conscripted labor.

NET Bible (©2006)
Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
[Ahishar] was in charge of the palace. [Adoniram], son of Abda, was in charge of forced labor.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the forced labor.

American King James Version
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

American Standard Version
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ahisar governor of the house: and Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.

Darby Bible Translation
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.

English Revised Version
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

World English Bible
and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

Young's Literal Translation
And Ahishar is over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda is over the tribute.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:1-19 In the choice of the great officers of Solomon's court, no doubt, his wisdom appeared. Several are the same that were in his father's time. A plan was settled by which no part of the country was exhausted to supply his court, though each sent its portion.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 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.]

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abiathar was over the household,.... Steward of the household:

and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute, over those that collected the tribute, as the Targum, whether from the people of Israel or other nations, or both; this man was in the same post in David's time, 2 Samuel 20:24.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. Ahishar was over the household—steward or chamberlain of the palace.

Adoniram—or Adoram (2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 12:18), or Hadoram (2Ch 10:18),

was over the tribute—not the collection of money or goods, but the levy of compulsory laborers (compare 1Ki 5:13, 14).

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Solomon's Princes
…4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: 6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

1 Kings 4:5 Azariah son of Nathan--in charge of the district governors; Zabud son of Nathan--a priest and adviser to the king;
1 Kings 4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.
1 Kings 5:13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel--thirty thousand men.
1 Kings 5:14 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 was in charge of the forced labor.
1 Kings 12:18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 8:8 Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land--whom the Israelites had not destroyed--to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.
2 Chronicles 10:18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.