2 Chronicles 10:18 meaning and explanation
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 10:18, Berean Standard Bible
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After the northern tribes rejected Rehoboam's harsh answer, the king sent Hadoram, the official over forced labor, apparently to reassert control. The name appears as Adoram in 1 Kings 12:18, and the role was the same: he supervised the labor crews that the people had just complained about.
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