18 E il re Roboamo mandò a tutti gl’Israeliti Adoram, ch’era sopra i tributi; ma essi lo lapidarono, ed egli morì. E il re Roboamo salì prestamente sopra un carro, per fuggirsene in Gerusalemme.
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King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.
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