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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 20:24

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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20:24 Adoniram: The addition of the officer in charge of forced labor (not mentioned in 8:15-18; see also 1 Kgs 4:6) shows that David had now gained sufficient control of Israel to require the payment of taxes and to conscript labor throughout the kingdom (cp. 1 Sam 8:11-17).
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