1Ki 4:6 | TNotes | STEP | 4:6 Ahishar functioned as manager of the palace property , an office that became powerful under Uzziah’s son Jotham (2 Kgs 15:5 ). Later, this position was held by Eliakim, one of Hezekiah’s representatives, who met with emissaries from King Sennacherib of Assyria during negotiations concerning the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:18 ). • Adoniram was head of the corvée (the system of forced labor ). Samuel had warned about this loathsome institution (1 Sam 8:12-17 ), and the leaders of Israel later complained about it to Solomon’s son Rehoboam (1 Kgs 12:4 ).

b2 Kgs 15:5►

c2 Kgs 18:18►

d1 Sam 8:12-17►

e1 Kgs 12:4►

‏ 1 Kings 4:6

4:6 ^a Ahishar functioned as manager of the palace property, an office that became powerful under Uzziah’s son Jotham (2 Kgs 15:5 ^b). Later, this position was held by Eliakim, one of Hezekiah’s representatives, who met with emissaries from King Sennacherib of Assyria during negotiations concerning the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:18 ^c).

• Adoniram was head of the corvée (the system of forced labor). Samuel had warned about this loathsome institution (1 Sam 8:12-17 ^d), and the leaders of Israel later complained about it to Solomon’s son Rehoboam (1 Kgs 12:4 ^e).