2 Samuel 20:24

24 Adoniram^[a] was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

2 Samuel 20:24 in Other Translations

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

24 and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

24 Adoniram was in charge of forced labor. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.

24 Adoniram over the work crews; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was clerk;

24 and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

24 Adoram was in charge of forced labor. Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was the royal historian.

24 Adoram was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

24 Adoniram was in charge of those who were forced to work hard. Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, kept the records.

2 Samuel 20:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 20:24

And Adoram [was] over the tribute
Or over those that collected and brought it, as the Targum; this was a new office, and which respected both the revenue he received from his own people, and the tribute brought him from the nations conquered by him:

and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;
who was in this office before, and now continued and established in it, ( 2 Samuel 8:16 ) .

2 Samuel 20:24 In-Context

22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

23 Joab was over Israel’s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites;

24 Adoniram was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

25 Sheva was secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

26 and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:14; 1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18
• 2. S 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 4:3

Footnotes

• [a] Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew "Adoram"