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1 Kings 1:7

And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abiathar;   Citizens;   Civil Service;   Electioneering;   Joab;   Usurpation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abiathar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Adonijah;   David;   Joab;   Solomon;   Zadok;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - David;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Zoheleth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Adonijah;   Nathan;   Wheel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Benaiah;   Firstborn;   Israel;   Joab;   Nathan;   Solomon;   Zadok;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   David;   High priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   E'li;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Confer;   David;   Joab;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abiathar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - High Priest;   Job, Well of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He conspired with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar. They supported Adonijah,
Hebrew Names Version
He conferred with Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah, and with Avyatar the Kohen: and they following Adoniyahu helped him.
King James Version
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
English Standard Version
He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.
New Century Version
Adonijah spoke with Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest, and they agreed to help him.
New English Translation
He collaborated with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported him.
Amplified Bible
He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah [David's half sister] and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
New American Standard Bible
Now he had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they allied themselves with Adonijah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he tooke counsel of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and of Abiathar the Priest: and they helped forward Adoniiah.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah, they helped him.
Contemporary English Version
Adonijah met with Joab the son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest and asked them if they would help him become king. Both of them agreed to help.
Complete Jewish Bible
He conferred with Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah and Evyatar the cohen; and they both supported Adoniyah.
Darby Translation
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they helped Adonijah and followed [him].
Easy-to-Read Version
Adonijah talked with Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest. They decided to help make him the new king,
George Lamsa Translation
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zoriah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
Good News Translation
He talked with Joab (whose mother was Zeruiah) and with Abiathar the priest, and they agreed to support his cause.
Lexham English Bible
He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported Adonijah.
Literal Translation
And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest. And they helped, going after Adonijah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his matter stode by Ioab ye sonne of Zeru Ia and by Abiathar the prest, which helped Adonias.
American Standard Version
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he toke counsell at Ioab the sonne of Zaruia, and at Abiathar the priest: and they helped forward Adonia:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they following Adonijah helped him.
King James Version (1611)
And hee conferred with Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the Priest: and they following Adoniiah, helped him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he conferred with Joab the son of Saruia, and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed after Adonias.
English Revised Version
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
Berean Standard Bible
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sone of Saruye, and with `Abiathar, preest, that helpiden the partis of Adonye.
Young's Literal Translation
And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah;
Update Bible Version
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and those following Adonijah helped him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah, helped [him].
World English Bible
He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
New King James Version
Then he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed and helped Adonijah.
New Living Translation
Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king.
New Life Bible
He spoke with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the religious leader. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.
New Revised Standard
He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar, and they supported Adonijah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then he had speech with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, - and they gave help, following Adonijah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he conferred with Joab, the son of Sarvia, and with Abiathar, the priest, who furthered Adonias’s side.
Revised Standard Version
He conferred with Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah and with Abi'athar the priest; and they followed Adoni'jah and helped him.
THE MESSAGE
Adonijah talked with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they threw their weight on his side. But neither the priest Zadok, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor Nathan the prophet, nor Shimei and Rei, nor David's personal bodyguards supported Adonijah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him.

Contextual Overview

5 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him. 6 Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom. 7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah. 9 Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him: 10 But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And he conferred: Heb. his words were, 2 Samuel 15:12, Psalms 2:2

Joab: 1 Kings 2:28, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 20:23

Abiathar: 1 Samuel 22:20-23, 2 Samuel 15:24-29, 2 Samuel 15:35, 2 Samuel 20:25

following Adonijah helped him: Heb. helped after Adonijah, 1 Kings 2:22, 1 Kings 2:26-35

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:33 - to consume 2 Samuel 2:13 - Joab 1 Kings 1:19 - General 1 Kings 2:5 - Joab 1 Chronicles 27:34 - Abiathar Nehemiah 6:7 - a king Mark 2:26 - Abiathar

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:15
And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
Job 26:8
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
Psalms 104:10
You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.
Psalms 148:4
Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest,.... About getting the kingdom into his hands: and they were very proper persons to consult with, who, if gained to his interest, might be of great service, the one being the general of the army, and so had a great interest in the soldiery, with whom he could make way for him, and defend him, and the other was the high priest, who might be thought to have a great share in the affections of the people, and whose office it was to anoint the king; and he might the rather apply to them, knowing them to be, on some accounts, discontented persons:

and they following Adonijah, helped [him]; they took on his side; Joab knowing David's hatred of him on account of his murder of Abner and Amasa, and especially for his slaying his son Absalom, and his insolent behaviour towards him, and perhaps he might fear, or had an him of what he had charged Solomon with concerning him; and Abiathar, who saw plainly that the priesthood in Eli's family was declining, and that Zadok was the favourite priest with David, and in all probability would be with Solomon; all which might influence these two persons to join Adonijah, and who, by so doing, greatly encouraged him, and many others to flock to him, which much helped and served his cause.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joab’s defection on this occasion, after his faithful adherence to David during the troubles caused by Absalom 2 Samuel 18:2-17, may be accounted for by his fear that Solomon would be a “man of rest” 1 Chronicles 22:9 and by his preference for the character of Adonijah. He may also have thought that Adonijah, as the eldest son 1 Kings 1:5, had almost a right to succeed.

Abiathar’s defection is still more surprising than Joab’s. For his history, see 1 Samuel 22:20 note. Hereto, David and he had been the firmest of friends. It has been conjectured that he had grown jealous of Zadok, and feared being supplanted by him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 1:7. And he conferred with Joab — Joab well knew, if he made the new king, he would necessarily be continued in the command of the army, and so govern him.


 
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