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Adoniram
(ăd'ənī'rəm) , in the Bible, tax overseer. It also appears as Adoram and Hadoram.
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Adoniram
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
Adoniram - (Adoram, 1 Kings 4:6; 5:14), the son of Abda, was the tax collector of King Rehoboam. In the language of the Tanakh, he was "over the tribute," i.e., the levy or forced labor. He was stoned to death by the people of Israel when he came to collect taxes (1 Kings 12:18).
Adoniram appears in Masonic rituals.
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