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1 Kings 1:36

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“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so too.

KJV

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

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This verse in 1 Kings 1

Commentary

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This site's exposition

the Lord God of my lord the king

on 1 Kings 1:36-37

Benaiah answers for all three with Amen, and asks that the Lord God of David confirm the appointment David has just made, binding heaven's yes to the king's own word. His closing line, make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David, is the chapter's only voice wishing Solomon's reign to exceed his father's rather than merely match it. It is, without either man knowing it, the shape 2 Sam 7:12-13 already promised David's son.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This is the language of his faith in that promise of God on which Solomon's government was founded. If we say as God says in his word, we may hope that he will say as we say by his providence. To this he adds a prayer for Solomon (

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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king,.... In the name of the rest: and said, Amen; they all assented to it, and expressed their satisfaction in it: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too; let it appear, by the prosperity and success that shall by divine Providence attend the new king, that this is according to the will of God.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּ֨עַןand he answered

    vaiyaanH6030 →331 times

  • בְּנָיָ֧הוּBenaiah

    benayahuH1141 →42 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהֽוֹיָדָ֛עJehoiada

    yehoyada'H3077 →51 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אָמֵ֑ןamen

    ʾamenH543 →

  • כֵּ֚ןthus

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • יֹאמַ֣רmay he say

    yomarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֖י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֥יlord my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”8 worksPsalms 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.5 worksMatthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’4 worksJeremiah 28:6“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.4 worksPsalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.3 worksRomans 9:5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.2 works1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.2 worksPsalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.2 works1 Corinthians 14:16Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?2 worksPsalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’2 worksDeuteronomy 27:15–26‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’2 worksJeremiah 11:5This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.2 worksPsalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.2 works1 Chronicles 17:27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Matthew 28:20

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 41:10

      Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    • Acts 18:9–10

      One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

    • John 14:18–23

      I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

  • Through

    Psalms 18:2

    The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 144:2

      He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

    • Psalms 62:7

      My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

    • Psalms 19:14

      May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

    • Proverbs 18:10

      The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 1 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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