1 Kings 4:6

And Ahishar [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] over the tribute.

Young's Literal Translation

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 son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king;

7And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household — a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:24and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,

1 Kings 9:15And this [is] the matter of the tribute that king Solomon hath lifted up, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer,

2 Chronicles 8:8of their sons who have been left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel consumed not — doth Solomon lift up a tribute 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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