1 Kings 2:25

25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.

1 Kings 2:25 in Other Translations

KJV
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
ESV
25 So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.
NLT
25 So King Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him, and Adonijah was put to death.
MSG
25 King Solomon dispatched Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck Adonijah and he died.
CSB
25 Then King Solomon gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

1 Kings 2:25 In-Context

23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request!
24 And now, as surely as the LORD lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.
26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign LORD before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.”
27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD, fulfilling the word the LORD had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 2 Samuel 8:18
  • 2. S 2 Samuel 12:10
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