2 Samuel 20:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:3 : 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
  • 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 4:6 : 6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 18:15-17
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 8:16-18
    3 verses
    84%

    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 4:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    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;

  • 1 Kgs 4:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

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

    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 20:25-26
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    77%

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

    26 And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.

  • 1 Chr 27:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    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 Sam 20:23
    73%

    23 Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 26:20
    70%

    20 And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.

  • 1 Chr 24:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

    7 Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,

  • 1 Chr 4:22
    69%

    22 And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

  • 2 Chr 31:13
    68%

    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.

  • Neh 12:24
    68%

    24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.

  • Neh 11:24
    68%

    24 And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.

  • 1 Chr 27:28-31
    4 verses
    68%

    28 Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;

    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;

    31 The flocks were in the care of Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were the controllers of King David's property.

  • 1 Chr 26:22
    68%

    22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.

  • 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 Chr 23:4
    68%

    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;

  • 2 Chr 24:11
    68%

    11 So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.

  • 2 Chr 20:34
    68%

    34 Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, they are recorded in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which were put in the book of the kings of Israel.

  • Neh 11:9
    67%

    9 And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.

  • Isa 36:3
    67%

    3 And there came out to him Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

  • 1 Chr 24:3
    67%

    3 And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work.

  • 2 Chr 34:12-13
    2 verses
    66%

    12 And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:45
    66%

    45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Chr 24:27
    66%

    27 Now the story of his sons, and all the words said by the prophet against him, and the building up again of the Lord's house, are recorded in the account in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 34:20
    66%

    20 And he gave orders to Hilkiah and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,

  • 1 Chr 26:26
    66%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 18:18
    66%

    18 And they sent for the king, and Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.

  • Ezra 10:23
    66%

    23 And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

  • 1 Kgs 5:14
    66%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 27:4
    66%

    4 And over the division for the second month was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, the ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    66%

    4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 26:24
    66%

    24 And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was controller of the stores.

  • 1 Chr 27:2
    66%

    2 Over the first division for the first month was Ishbaal, the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    65%

    19 These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.