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# Adoniram

Adoniram is the name of a man. In the Hebrew text of this sentence, his name was written as Adoram. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# who was over the forced laborers

Being over people represents having authority to tell them what to do. AT: "who was in charge of the forced laborers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# stoned him to death with stones

"killed Adoniram by stoning him"

# against the house of David

Here "the house of David" represents the kings who were descendants of David. AT: "against the kings descended from David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# to this day

This refers to the general time when the author wrote this book. See how you translated this in [2 Chronicles 5:9](../05/09.md). AT: "even now"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Adoniram`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Adoniram is the name of a man. In the Hebrew text of this sentence, his name was written as Adoram. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# who was over the forced laborers`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Being over people represents having authority to tell them what to do. AT: "who was in charge of the forced laborers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# stoned him to death with stones`

			`"killed Adoniram by stoning him"`

			`# against the house of David`

			`Here "the house of David" represents the kings who were descendants of David. AT: "against the kings descended from David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# to this day`

			`This refers to the general time when the author wrote this book. See how you translated this in [2 Chronicles 5:9](../05/09.md). AT: "even now"`