ADMINISTRATION in the general sense of ser- vice is now obsolete. But it is found 1 Co 12° ' tliere are differences of administrations ' (i.e. different kinds of Christian service, KV ' ministrations,' the Hkeiim AT word). In 2 Co 9'^ tliou^'h the Gr. is the same (JiaxoWa, sing.), the meaniu;' is not serrice generally, but the performance of service (RV agam ' ministration ' from Geneva Bible).
J. Hastinos.
ADMIRE, ADMIRATION.— These words occur in AV as the ex[)reRsion of simple wonder, without including approbation. 2 Th 1" 'When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired (RV ' marvelled at ') in all them that believe ' ; Jude v." ' having men's persons in admiration ' (Gr. Bavfia^ovret irpoauyTra, RV ' show- ing respect of persons'); Rev 17' 'When I saw her, I wondered with great a.' (RV ' with a great wonder '). Compare the version in metre of Ps 105* * Remember his marvellous works that be hath done,' is rendered —
'Think on the works th&t he hath doiM, l^liJch adnuration breed.'
J. Hastinos. ADNA (KjiB 'pleasure'). — 1. A contemporary of Ezra, who married a foreign wife (Ezr lO**). t. The head of the priestly house of Harim in the time of the high priest Joiakim, the son of Jcsliua (Neh 12"). H. A. White.
ADNAH. — 1. (npB) A Manassite officer of Saul who deserted to David at Ziklag (1 Ch 12"). 2. (nj-)y) An officer in Jeboshapbat's army (2 Ch 17").
J. A. Selbie.
ADO.— Mk 5»» 'Why make ye this ado?' (RV ' Why make ye a tumult ? '). The older form is at do, where 'at' is the prep, before the infin., found chiefly in northern Eng. and supposed to come from the Scandinavian. ' We have other things at do,' Toumeley Mysteries, p. 181. 'At do ' was contracted into ' ado,' and then looked upon as s subst. Cf. Shaks. Tarn, of Shr. V. 1—
' Let* s follow, to see the end of this ado.'
While throwing it out of Mk 5", the RV ii,troduce» ' ado ' into Ac 20" ' Make ye no ado (AV ' Trouble not yourselves '), for his life is in him,' though the Gr. (dopv^ttadt) ia the same in both places.
J. Hastings.
ADONIBEZEK (ptj 'rs;).— The name as it stands in Jg l*"' must mean, Bezek (an otherwise un- known deity) is my lord. The town of Bezek (which see) will then also have taken its name from that of the god. The chief of a Can. kingdom in S. Pal., he was defeated by the tribe of Judah, taken prisoner, and mutUated by having his thumbs and great toes cut otf. His boast was that he had similarly treated seventy kings. The mutilation was intended, while preserving the captive as a trophy, to render him incapable of mischief. According to Plutarch (Life of Lys. ), the Athenians decreed that every prisoner of war should lose his thumbs, so that whde fit to row he should be unfit to handle spear. Hannibal is accused (Valer. Max. ix. 2, ext. 2) of mutilating prisoners, 'prima pedum parte succisa.' These may be slanders, but they prove how conceivable such mutilation was even then, and what was its object at all times.
A. C. Welch.
ADONIJAH (Trs;).— 1. The name of the fourth son of David (2 S .3^ 1 Ch 3^). After the death of Absalom, Adonijah, who was next in order of birth, naturally regarded himself as the heir to the throne. His expectation was doubtless shared by the nation, and seems to have been for a time encouraged by his father. The situation had brcn altered, however, by the introduction of Bath- sb(,ba into the royal harem, and by tlie birth of Solomon. The inlluence and the ambition of this latest of David's queens rendered it certain that Adonijah would encounter a dangerous rival in his younger brother. It was probably his knowledge that intrigues against his interests were being carried on in the harem that led to the premature and ill-starred attempt of Adonijah to seize the crown before his father's death. The narrative (1 K 1 and 2) is from the same pen as the section in 2 S which contains the story of Absalom's rebellion, and is evidently the work of one who had access to trustworthy sources of information. There are several features of resemblance be- tween the two nanatives ; and the two chief actors therein, Absalom and Adonijah, seem to have resembled one another in disposition and even in bodily characteristics (cf. 1 K 1'" with 2 S 14" 15'). At first Adonijah's enterprise seemed likely to be crowned with success. He attached to his cause such imi>ortant and in- fluential supjjorters as Joab the commander-in- chief, and Abiathar the priest. In company with these and many memliers of the royal family and the king's house, Adonijah hehl a great feast at En-Rogel, where the final arrangements were to be made for his coronation. But he had reckoned without his host. One whom he had not invited to the banquet was destined to checkmate the conspirators ere their plans were matured. Natlian the propliet seems to have occupied much the same position at the court of David as Isaiah afterwards lield at that of Ilezekiah. Seeing that not a moment wa.s to be lost, Nathan hastened to Bath-