1 Kings 2:25 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:25

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

BSB

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ASV

And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.

KJV

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

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Commentary

4 voices

Theodoret of Cyrus

QUESTIONS 7, ON 1 KINGS (458)

Some people blame Solomon because he killed his brother. Now the ways of life of people are different. Some of them certainly practice the highest form of philosophy; others pursue that virtue which is called political or civil; others manage the kingdom or hold power …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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, 1Ki 2:34 (note), 1Ki 2:46 (note). 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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַח֙	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
בְּיַ֖ד	be.Yad	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
בְּנָיָ֣הוּ	be.na.Ya.hu	Benaiah	H1141 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהוֹיָדָ֑ע	ye.ho.ya.Da'	Jehoiada	H3077 →
וַיִּפְגַּע־	vai.yif.ga'-	and he fell	H6293 →
בּ֖וֹ	bo	on him
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס	vai.ya.Mot	and he died	H4191 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Matthew 7:2
  For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 1:7
  Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought…
- Genesis 9:6
  Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Through
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.
leads to
- Numbers 35:33
  Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
- Deuteronomy 21:8–9
  Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
Through
2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:14
  We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:12
  So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
- 2 Chronicles 1:1
  Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

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