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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