Adoniram (; Hebrew, אדונירם, 'my Lord has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, אדורם '' 'adoram'', 'the Lord has exalted'), the son of Abda, was the tax collector in the

United Kingdom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel (Hebrew: מַמְלֶכֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎, ''Mamleḵeṯ Yīśrāʾēl'') was an Israelite kingdom that may have existed in the Southern Levant. According to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, ...

for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign until the reign of

Rehoboam Rehoboam (; , , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the Kingdom of Judah after the split of the united Kingdom of Israel. He was a son of and the successor to Solomon and a grandson of David. In the account of I Ki ...

. In the language of the

Tanakh The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. ''

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when Rehoboam sent him in an attempt to collect taxes.. For this text see also Guy Darshan
“The Story of Adoram the Taskmaster over the Forced Labor and the Traditions Regarding the Kingdom's Division,”
Vetus Testamentum 2024

References

* {{Authority control Books of Kings people Tax collectors 10th-century BCE Hebrew people