BIBLE DICTIONARY
Adoniram
My Lord is exalted (sometimes abbreviated into Adoram).

The officer "over the levy," i.e., who superintended the forced labor employed in public works during the reigns of David, Solomon, Rehoboam (2 Sam. 20: 24; 1 Kgs. 4: 6; 1 Kgs. 5: 14; 1 Kgs. 12: 18); death of, by stoning (2 Chr. 10: 18, where he is called Hadoram).