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1 Kings 1:7

So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

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ASV

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

KJV

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּהְי֣וּvai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961 →
דְבָרָ֔יוde.va.Ravwords hisH1697 →
עִ֚ם'imwithH5973 →
יוֹאָ֣בyo.'AvJoabH3097 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
צְרוּיָ֔הtze.ru.YahZeruiahH6870 →
וְעִ֖םve.'Imand withH5973 →
אֶבְיָתָ֣ר'ev.ya.TarAbiatharH54 →
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
וַֽיַּעְזְר֔וּvai.ya'.ze.Ruand they helpedH5826 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֲדֹנִיָּֽה׃'a.do.ni.YahAdonijahH138 →

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2 Samuel 20:25Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;1 Kings 2:28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.1 Chronicles 27:34Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.1 Kings 2:22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”2 Samuel 15:24–29Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.2 Samuel 15:35Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.1 Chronicles 11:6Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.1 Kings 2:26–35Then 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.”Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;1 Samuel 22:20–23But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.2 Samuel 8:16Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.1 Samuel 2:33And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.2 Samuel 2:13So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.Nehemiah 6:7and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”1 Kings 2:26Then 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.”

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