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3 Kings 4:6

And Ahisar governor of the house: and Adoniram the son of Abda over the tribute.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
et Ahisar præpositus domus : et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
Septuagint (Swete)
καὶ Ἀχεὶ ἦν οἰκονόμος, καὶ Ἐλιὰκ ὁ οἰκονόμος, καὶ Ἐλιάβ υἱὸς Σὰφ ἐπὶ τῆς πατριᾶς, καὶ Ἀδωνειρὰμ υἱὸς Ἐφρὰ ἐπὶ τῶν φόρων.
Hebrew (WLC)
וַאֲחִישָׁ֖ר עַל הַבָּ֑יִת וַאֲדֹנִירָ֥ם בֶּן עַבְדָּ֖א עַל הַמַּֽס

Haydock's commentary

House. Septuagint, "Eliak was also director of the house," oikonomos. (Haydock)

It is impossible to mark, with precision, the extent of these offices.

Tribute, or levy of workmen, as it is expressed, chap. v. 14.

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.