1 Kings 1:38
in 1 Kings 1Then 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
KJV
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseSo Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,.... The three men that David sent for on this occasion: and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; not the sanhedrim, as Ben Gersom, but David's guards, over whom Benaiah was: these went down; from Jerusalem; and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule; as he had ordered: and brought him to Gihon; or Siloah, as the Targum; hence the Jews say (e), they do not anoint a king but at a fountain; but this is the only instance of it. (e) T. Bab. Ceritot, fol.
This site's exposition
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites
on 1 Kings 1:38-39
The order is carried out exactly as given: Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, the Cherethites and the Pelethites, David's own bodyguard, escort Solomon to Gihon on the king's mule. Zadok anoints him with oil out of the tabernacle itself, and the trumpet sounds the same cry ordered in verse thirty-four. Every element of David's command from the prior unit is now executed in the order it was spoken.
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No time was lost, but Solomon was brought in state to the place appointed, and there Zadok (who, though he was not as yet high priest, was, we may suppose, the suffragan, the Jews called him the sagan, or second priest) anointed him by the direction of Nathan the prophet and David the king,
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֣רֶד | vaiyered | and he went down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| צָד֣וֹק | tzadok | Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| הַ֠כֹּהֵן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְנָתָ֨ן | venatan | and Nathan | H5416 → | 41 times |
| הַנָּבִ֜יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| וּבְנָיָ֣הוּ | uvenayahu | and Benaiah | H1141 → | 42 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹיָדָ֗ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙ | vehakereti | and the Kerethite[s] | H3774 → | |
| וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔י | vehapeleti | and the Pelethite[s] | H6432 → | |
| וַיַּרְכִּ֙בוּ֙ | vaiyarkivu | and they caused to ride | H7392 → | 78 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּרְדַּ֖ת | pirdat | [the] mule of | H6506 → | 3 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דָּוִ֑ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיֹּלִ֥כוּ | vaiyolikhu | and they brought | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| גִּחֽוֹן׃ | gichon | Gihon | H1521 → | 6 times |
וַיֵּ֣רֶדand he went down
vaiyeredH3381 →381 times
צָד֣וֹקZadok
tzadokH6659 →53 times
הַ֠כֹּהֵןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְנָתָ֨ןand Nathan
venatanH5416 →41 times
הַנָּבִ֜יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
וּבְנָיָ֣הוּand Benaiah
uvenayahuH1141 →42 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹיָדָ֗עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙and the Kerethite[s]
vehakeretiH3774 →
וְהַפְּלֵתִ֔יand the Pelethite[s]
vehapeletiH6432 →
וַיַּרְכִּ֙בוּ֙and they caused to ride
vaiyarkivuH7392 →78 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּרְדַּ֖ת[the] mule of
pirdatH6506 →3 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
דָּוִ֑דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיֹּלִ֥כוּand they brought
vaiyolikhuH1980 →1546 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
גִּחֽוֹן׃Gihon
gichonH1521 →6 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
Zephaniah 2:5Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:16
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 47:7
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
- Ezekiel 25:16
Through
1 Samuel 30:14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
it leads to
- Zephaniah 2:5
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will…
- 1 Kings 1:44
And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- 2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- Zephaniah 2:5
Through
2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
it 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.”
- 1 Chronicles 18:17
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
- 1 Samuel 30:14
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;
- 1 Kings 4:18
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This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, Bible History: Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
