Bible Person
Meaning: a servant; servitude · Male · 1 cross reference
Abda is the father of Adoniram, Solomon's officer over forced labor or tribute. He appears through the family background of one of the most consequential administrators in the monarchy. First appears in 1 Kgs 4:6.1
AI summary: Abda matters because his cross reference places his house behind the official responsible for the levy, one of the institutions that would later fuel grievance against Solomon's regime. Even in a brief genealogical notice, that connection gives the name administrative and political weight. Taken together, the material presents Abda as the familial source of a significant royal functionary.1
Central Figure
Abda
Meaning: a servant; servitude
The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., “levy”).
The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., “levy”). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.