1 Kings 4:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ and Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.

Common English Bible

⁶ Ahishar, who was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram, Abda’s son, who was supervisor of the work gangs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ and Ahishar, first ruler of the house; and Adoniram, the son of Abda, over the tribute.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And Ahisar, governor of the house: and Adoniram the son of Abda, over the tribute.

1 Kings 4:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:24

and Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder:

1 Kings 12:18

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 4:5

and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was priest, and the king's friend;

1 Kings 4:7

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year:

1 Kings 9:15

And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

2 Chronicles 10:18

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 8:8

of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants, unto this day.