10:18a Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor,

Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram who was the supervisor of the forced work.
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Adoniram was the overseer of people who worked for the king. King Rehoboam sent him ⌊to make the people of the northern clans work⌋.

10:18b but the Israelites stoned him to death.

But the people of Israel killed him with stones.
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But ⌊they did not listen to him⌋ and they threw stones at him until he died.

10:18d And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste

So King Rehoboam hurried to get in his chariot
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⌊When King Rehoboam saw this,⌋ he quickly got in his war cart.

10:18e and escaped to Jerusalem.

and fled to Jerusalem.
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He was able to run away and go back to Jerusalem.

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