Adoram

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People's Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Adoram (a-dô'ram), lord of height. 1 Kings 12:18. By an unusual contraction from Adoniram, 2 Samuel 20:24, and 1 Kings 4:6, and also Hadoram, 2 Chronicles 10:18, chief receiver of the tribute during the reigns of David, 2 Samuel 20:24; Solomon, 1 Kings 4:6, and Rehoboam, 1 Kings 12:18. This last monarch sent him to collect the tribute from the rebellious Israelites, by whom he was stoned to death.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Ado'ram. See Adoniram; Hadoram.

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

Adoniram

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [4]

See Adoniram

Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]

Adoniram

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [6]

ADORAM . See Adoniram.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [7]

See ADONIRAM.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [8]

(Heb. Adoram’, אֲדוַָֹרם , a contracted form of Adoniram; Sept. Ἀδωνιράμ v. r. Ἀδωράμ ), the officer in charge of the tribute under Solomon and Rehoboam (2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 12:18); elsewhere (1 Kings 4:6) called ADONIRAM (See Adoniram) (q.v.).

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