1 Kings 4:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

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  • 2 Sam 20:24 : 24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...
  • 1 Kgs 12:18 : 18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 5:13-14 : 13 Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number; 14 And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

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  • 1 Kgs 4:7
    81%

    7 And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.

  • 2 Sam 20:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

    24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

    25 And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • 1 Kgs 4:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2 And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

    3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

    4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

    5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;

  • 1 Kgs 5:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14 And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

    15 Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

    16 In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

  • 1 Chr 27:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;

    26 Ezri, the son of Chelub, had authority over the field-workers and farmers;

  • 2 Chr 31:13
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    13 And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

  • 1 Chr 18:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

    16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

    17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

  • 1 Chr 26:20
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    20 And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.

  • 2 Chr 8:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.

    10 Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.

  • 2 Sam 8:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

    17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

    18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

  • 1 Kgs 9:23
    70%

    23 These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.

  • 1 Kgs 4:27-28
    2 verses
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    27 And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.

    28 And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    70%

    34 After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 2 Chr 2:18
    69%

    18 Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    69%

    6 And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; one family being taken for Eleazar and then one for Ithamar, and so on.

  • 1 Chr 27:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29 And Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the herds in the grass-lands of Sharon, and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, for those in the valleys;

    30 Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    69%

    4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;

  • 1 Kgs 2:35
    69%

    35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

  • Neh 11:16
    68%

    16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were responsible for the outside business of the house of God;

  • Neh 11:12
    68%

    12 And their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

  • 2 Chr 2:2
    68%

    2 And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

  • 1 Chr 8:4
    68%

    4 And Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah

  • 2 Chr 34:13
    68%

    13 Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

  • Neh 13:13
    68%

    13 And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26
    68%

    26 But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

  • 1 Kgs 4:14
    68%

    14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

  • 1 Chr 26:26
    68%

    26 Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

    8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

  • 1 Chr 26:4
    68%

    4 And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the oldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

  • 2 Chr 1:2
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    2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 1 Chr 28:21
    68%

    21 And see, there are the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the work of the house of God; and every trained and expert workman will be ready to do for you whatever is needed; and the captains and the people will be under your orders in everything.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28
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    28 And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

  • Neh 10:16
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    16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

  • 1 Chr 6:41
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    41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

  • 1 Chr 11:41
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    41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,