In charge of the palace servants: Ahishar In charge of the forced labor: Adoniram son of Abda

and put Adoniram in charge of them. He divided them into three groups of 10,000 men, and each group spent one month in Lebanon and two months back home.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of the forced labor, to go to the Israelites, but they stoned him to death. At this, Rehoboam hurriedly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.

King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard.

With a loud cry the Council members covered their ears with their hands. Then they all rushed at him at once,

threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul.