1 Kings 1:32
in 1 Kings 1Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
KJV
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd King David said, call me Zadok the priest,.... Not Abiathar the high priest, for he had joined Adonijah; and besides Zadok was David's favourite priest, and for him the high priesthood was designed, as it was in a little time translated to him: and Nathan the prophet; who very probably went out of the room when Bathsheba was called in: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; the captain of his guards: and they came before the king; who it is very likely sat up in his bed, and they stood around him.
This site's exposition
Call in for me Zadok the priest
on 1 Kings 1:32-33
David summons the three men Adonijah's guest list had excluded, Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah. Solomon is to ride the king's own mule, a mount reserved to the reigning king. Riding it to Gihon is itself a public claim before a word of ceremony is spoken.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The combination of the high priest, the prophet, and the captain of the bodyguard (the Cherethites and Pelethites, 1Ki 1:38), would show the people that the proceedings had the king’s sanction. The order of the names marks the position of the persons with respect to the matter in hand.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דָּוִ֗ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| קִרְאוּ־ | kiru- | summon | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לִ֞י | li | for me | ||
| לְצָד֤וֹק | letzadok | <to> Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וּלְנָתָ֣ן | ulenatan | and <to> Nathan | H5416 → | 41 times |
| הַנָּבִ֔יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| וְלִבְנָיָ֖הוּ | velivnayahu | and <to> Benaiah | H1141 → | 42 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹיָדָ֑ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
דָּוִ֗דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
קִרְאוּ־summon
kiru-H7121 →733 times
לִ֞יfor me
li
לְצָד֤וֹק<to> Zadok
letzadokH6659 →53 times
הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וּלְנָתָ֣ןand <to> Nathan
ulenatanH5416 →41 times
הַנָּבִ֔יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
וְלִבְנָיָ֖הוּand <to> Benaiah
velivnayahuH1141 →42 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹיָדָ֑עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 1:26But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:10
But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:8
Through
1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 4:18
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
- 2 Samuel 23:8–39
These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
- 2 Samuel 20:25
Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kings 4:18
Through
1 Kings 1:38Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 20:20–23
“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
- 1 Kings 1:33
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- 2 Samuel 8:18
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonUnited monarchyNathanThe prophet at David's court who carried the covenant promise of 2 Samuel 7 and later the parable of the ewe lamb — "thou art the…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.
