1 Kings 4:6

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend;

7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:24and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

1 Kings 9:15And this is the account of the levy which king Solomon raised; 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 8:8of 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.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:2-20

Solomon's Officers. ( b. c. 1014.) 1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: 6 And Ahishar was over the household:… Read the whole commentary →

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