Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 20:24
And Adoram [was] over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder:
24. Adoram ] Perhaps the same as Adoniram (1Ki 4:6; 1Ki 5:14), who held the office in Solomon’s reign, and Adoram, who held it at the beginning of Rehoboam’s reign (1Ki 12:18), but possibly three persons of the same family, who succeeded one another in the office, are meant. The Sept. reads Adoniram here.
over the tribute ] Better over the levy (1Ki 4:6 marg., 2Sa 5:14); superintendent of the forced levies employed in public works. Adoram was stoned to death by the people in the rebellion at the beginning of Rehoboam’s reign, as the representative of the hated system of forced labour which had oppressed the people beyond all endurance in Solomon’s reign (1Ki 12:4). The appearance of this new officer in the closing years of David’s reign is most significant of the vast change which had taken place in the character of his rule.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Adoram – Not mentioned before by name or office. Apparently, therefore, the office was not instituted until the latter part of Davids reign, and its duties probably were the collection of the tribute imposed upon vanquished nations, or the command of the forced levies employed in public works. Adoram was stoned to death in the beginning of the reign of Rehoboam 1Ki 12:18.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. Adoram was over the tribute] Probably the chief receiver of the taxes; or Chancellor of the Exchequer, as we term it.
Jehoshaphat – recorder] The registrar of public events.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Over the tribute; the receiver and manager of the kings public revenue. See Poole on “1Ki 4:6“.
Jehoshaphat was recorder: See Poole on “2Sa 8:16“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Adoram [was] over the tribute,…. Or over those that collected and brought it, as the Targum; this was a new office, and which respected both the revenue he received from his own people, and the tribute brought him from the nations conquered by him:
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder; who was in this office before, and now continued and established in it, 2Sa 8:16.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Israels Leaders. 2Sa. 20:24-26
24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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What changes were made among Davids officers? 2Sa. 20:23-26
The office of scribe had been changed from Seraiah to Sheva. Adoram was overseer of the workmen who were forced to work for David. Ira, the Jairite, was chief officer instead of Davids sons. Davids sons had proved to be ineffective, and at least two of them had been killed. Joabs office was again mentioned to show that he was back in his old place. The giving of this arrangement may be considered the beginning of the account of the real close of Davids reign.
The story of the close of Davids reign is not as thrilling as the narrative of the beginning of his powerful rule. He still retained an undiminished faith in God, but many things were unsavory and maladjusted. Many sins had been committed, many blunders had been made, much suffering had been endured. One can only wish that the king might have had a peaceful old age, and determine to keep such folly out of his own life so that he may lay claim to Gods promise of eternal life.
Fuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
(24) Adoram was over the tribute.The same office was held by Adoniram in Solomons reign (1Ki. 4:6; 1Ki. 5:14), and by Adoram at the beginning of the reign of his successor (1Ki. 12:18). ll those may have been the same person, or at least of the same family. The tribute should rather be the levy, the forced labour so largely employed by Solomon. It is remarkable that there is no trace of such an office in 2Sa. 8:16-18, nor in the parallel (1Ch. 18:14-17). It was a feature of Oriental despotism only introduced towards the close of Davids reign, and carried to much greater length under Solomon.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
24. Adoram Called also Adoniram and Hadoram, 1Ki 4:6 ; 2Ch 10:18. He received his appointment at a late period of David’s reign, and continued in office until the reign of Rehoboam, when he was stoned to death by the infuriated people, who had grown tired of excessive taxation. See 1Ki 12:18.
Over the tribute The Hebrews were required to pay tribute to Jehovah to sustain the service of the sanctuary. Exo 30:11-16. The support of the kingdom, the court, and the building of public works required additional revenues, and the kings of Israel, when they had the power, exacted tribute from the foreign nations that were subject to them, and also, in times of emergency, from the Israelitish people themselves. This taxation became, in the reign of Solomon, so burdensome that after his death the people protested against it. 1Ki 12:4. It was Adoram’s business to superintend all these revenues of the kingdom, but more particularly the levies of men which were, from time to time, required for the public works. The Hebrew word , here rendered tribute, means generally a tribute of bond-service, or levies of men impressed for various kinds of labour. So the word is used in 1Ki 5:13-14. There it appears that Adoram’s duty was to oversee the levies that were bound to labour, whether they were levied from among the Israelites, or were bond-servants from among the heathen. This, perhaps, explains why this officer first appears at a late period of David’s reign, when the number of foreign captives, reduced to bond-service by the fortunes of war, had become so great as to require a special officer to superintend them.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 20:24 And Adoram [was] over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder:
Ver. 24. And Adoram was over the tribute. ] All was as before, 2Sa 8:15-18 David being fully reestablished; save that this Adoram praeerat pecuniae recipiendae, was treasurer for the tribute, which came in from those many nations, since subdued by David.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Adoram. Same name as Adoniram (1Ki 4:6).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Adoram: 1Ki 4:6, 1Ki 12:18
recorder: or, remembrancer, 1Ki 4:3
Reciprocal: 2Ki 18:18 – the recorder 2Ch 34:8 – recorder Isa 36:3 – Shebna