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1 Kings 2:25

BenaiahJehoiadaSolomon

23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

24 And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.

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BSB
So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
KJV
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
WEB
King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
ASV
And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
DARBY
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.
BLB
And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.
ÅB
Så sendte kong Salomo Benaja, Jojadas sønn, avsted, og han hugg ham ned så han døde.
OTB
Så sendte kong Salomo Benaja, Jehojadas sønn, som slo ham ned, og han døde.
B1930
Så sendte kong Salomo Benaja, Jojadas sønn, avsted, og han hugg ham ned så han døde.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 8:18

    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

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  • Judges 8:20–21

    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

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  • 1 Kings 2:34

    So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

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  • 1 Kings 2:46

    Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.

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  • 2 Samuel 4:12

    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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  • 1 Kings 2:31

    And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:33

    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:15

    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

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