◄ 1 Kings 2:25 ►
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Good News Translation
So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah, who went out and killed Adonijah.

New Revised Standard Version
So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck him down, and he died.

Contemporary English Version
"Benaiah," Solomon shouted, "go kill Adonijah." So Adonijah died.

New American Bible
Then King Solomon sent Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, who struck him dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias, the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias, the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.

he fell

1 Kings 2:31,34,46 And the king said to him: Do as he hath said; and kill him, and bury him, and thou shalt remove the innocent blood which hath been shed by Joab, from me, and from the house of my father: . . .

Judges 8:20,21 And he said to Jether, his eldest son: Arise, and slay them. But he drew not his sword: for he was afraid, being but yet a boy. . . .

1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.

2 Samuel 1:15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died.

2 Samuel 4:12 And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Context
The Execution of Adonijah
…24And now, as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and placed me upon the throne of David, my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Adonias shall be put to death this day. 25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias, the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.26And the king said also to Abiathar, the priest: Go to Anathoth, to thy lands, for indeed thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst carry the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and hast endured trouble in all the troubles my father endured.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:18
And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.

2 Samuel 12:10
Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.

1 Kings 2:29
And it was told king Solomon, that Joab was fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the altar: and Solomon sent Banaias, the son of Joiada, saying. Go, kill him.

1 Kings 2:34
So Banaias, the son of Joiada, went up, and setting upon him slew him, and he was buried in his house in the desert.

1 Kings 2:46
So the king commanded Banaias, the son of Joiada: and he went out and struck him; and he died.

1 Kings 2:24
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