Adoniram
Sign in to savethumb|right|180px|Woodcut depicting the stoning of Adoniram, by Johann Christoph Weigel, 1695 Adoniram (; , 'my Lord has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, , 'the Lord has exalted'), the son of Abda, was the tax collector in the United Kingdom of Israel for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign until the reign of Rehoboam. In the language of the Tanakh, he was "over the tribute", i.e. the levy or forced labor.
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thumb|right|180px|Woodcut depicting the stoning of Adoniram, by Johann Christoph Weigel, 1695 Adoniram (; , 'my Lord has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, , 'the Lord has exalted'), the son of Abda, was the tax collector in the United Kingdom of Israel for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign until the reign of Rehoboam. In the language of the Tanakh, he was "over the tribute", i.e. the levy or forced labor.
He was in charge of conscripted timber cutters during the building of King Solomon's temple.
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