# 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"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdomofisrael]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdomofjudah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/stone]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chariot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rebel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/houseofdavid]]