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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Kings 2:25

So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he slew him, and Adonias died in that day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Fratricide;   Government;   Homicide;   Intercession;   Punishment;   Shunammite;   Thompson Chain Reference - Family;   Fratricide;   Home;   Trouble;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;   Kings;   Punishments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Solomon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Benaiah;   Cherethim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Abner;   Benaiah;   King;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Benaiah;   Court Systems;   Crimes and Punishments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abishag;   Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Reuben;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adonijah ;   Benaiah ;   Executioner;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Talent;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Adoni'jah;   Bath'-Sheba,;   Executioner;   Punishments;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Benaiah;   Heir;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abishag;   Adonijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bilhah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then King Solomon dispatched Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
Hebrew Names Version
King Shlomo sent by Benayah the son of Yehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
King James Version
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
English Standard Version
So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.
New Century Version
Then King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went and killed Adonijah.
New English Translation
King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.
Amplified Bible
So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck Adonijah and he died.
New American Standard Bible
Then King Solomon sent the order by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him so that he died.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.
Legacy Standard Bible
So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.
Contemporary English Version
"Benaiah," Solomon shouted, "go kill Adonijah." So Adonijah died.
Complete Jewish Bible
King Shlomo commissioned B'nayah the son of Y'hoyada, and he struck him down, so that he died.
Darby Translation
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Solomon gave the command to Benaiah, and Benaiah went out and killed Adonijah.
George Lamsa Translation
And King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he attacked him and slew him.
Good News Translation
So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah, who went out and killed Adonijah.
Lexham English Bible
King Solomon sent through the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, so he struck him, and he died.
Literal Translation
And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he fell on him, and he died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada, which smote him that he dyed.
American Standard Version
And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
Bible in Basic English
And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And king Solomon sent by the hande of Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and he smote him that he died.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
King James Version (1611)
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and he fell vpon him that he died.
English Revised Version
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, that he died.
Berean Standard Bible
So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And kyng Salomon sente bi the hond of Banaie, sone of Joiada; which Banaie killide Adonye, and he was deed.
Young's Literal Translation
And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.
Update Bible Version
And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
Webster's Bible Translation
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
World English Bible
King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
New King James Version
So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.
New Living Translation
So King Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him, and Adonijah was put to death.
New Life Bible
So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went to Adonijah and killed him.
New Revised Standard
So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck him down, and he died.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, - and he fell upon him, that he died.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias, the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.
Revised Standard Version
So King Solomon sent Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada; and he struck him down, and he died.
THE MESSAGE
King Solomon dispatched Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck Adonijah and he died.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.

Contextual Overview

12 And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was established greatly. 13 And Adonias the son of Aggith came in to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, and did obeisance to her: and she said, Dost thou enter peaceably? and he said, Peaceably: 14 I have business with thee. And she said to him, Say on. 15 And he said to her, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned from me and became my brother’s: for it was appointed to him from the Lord. 16 And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak on. 17 And he said to her, Speak, I pray thee, to king Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from thee, and let him give me Abisag the Somanite for a wife. 18 And Bersabee said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king. 19 And Bersabee went in to king Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonias; and the king rose up to meet her, and kissed her, and sat on the throne, and a throne was set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand. 20 And she said to him, I ask of thee one little request; turn not away my face from thee. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject thee. 21 And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he fell: 1 Kings 2:31, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:46, Judges 8:20, Judges 8:21, 1 Samuel 15:33, 2 Samuel 1:15, 2 Samuel 4:12

Reciprocal: Judges 15:12 - fall 2 Samuel 19:11 - sent 2 Samuel 23:5 - Although 1 Kings 2:29 - Go 1 Chronicles 3:2 - Adonijah 1 Chronicles 29:24 - all the sons Proverbs 17:11 - General Ecclesiastes 8:4 - the word Hebrews 12:7 - for what

Cross-References

Genesis 2:10
And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.
Genesis 3:7
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people was scattered, —for Aaron had scattered them so as to be a rejoicing to their enemies, —
Psalms 25:3
For none of them that wait on thee shall in any wise be ashamed: let them be ashamed that transgress without cause.
Psalms 31:17
O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.
Isaiah 44:9
But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
Isaiah 47:3
Thy shame shall be uncovered, thy reproaches shall be brought to light: I will exact of thee due vengeance, I will no longer deliver thee to men.
Isaiah 54:4
Fear not, because thou has been put to shame, neither be confounded, because thou was reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.
Jeremiah 6:15
They were ashamed because they failed; yet they were not ashamed as those who are truly ashamed, and they knew not their own disgrace: therefore shall they utterly fall when they do fall, and in the time of visitation shall they perish, said the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,.... Orders to execute him, and proper persons to do it; perhaps some of the Cherethites and Pelethites under him, to assist at least in it:

and he fell upon him, that he died; Benaiah rushed in upon him with his men, and thrust his sword into him, and killed him; executions used to be done in those times and countries by great personages, as the instances of Gideon, Doeg, and others, show, and not by common executioners.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 2:25. Solomon sent - Benaiah - and he fell upon him that he died. — Benaiah seems to have been the public state executioner, and yet he was generalissimo of all the forces. See him employed in a similar work, 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:46. I suppose him to have been such another general as Suwarrow, butcher-general of the Turks and Poles to the late Empress Catharine of Russia: like mistress, like man. But they have long since been called to an impartial tribunal.

That this was an act of cruelty towards Adonijah, needs no proof. He is suspected, condemned, and slain, without a hearing. Calmet vindicates all this by various assumptions, and lays down a doctrine that is calculated for the meridian of Fez or Morocco; hear him: Un prince, dans ses jugemens, ne peut pas toujours suivre les regles de la plus parfaite morale; la politique, et le bien de l'etat, obligent souvent a des choses opposees aux conseils de l'evangile; "A prince in his judgments cannot always follow the rules of the most perfect morality; policy and the good of the state often require things to be done which are contrary to the counsels of the Gospel." What a diabolic maxim is this! And is this indeed the way that French kings ruled and ministers decreed judgment? Then we need not wonder at a revolution in that state, nor of the scourge that desolated the land. O England! magnify God for your constitution, your constitutional king, and the laws according to which he reigns.


 
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