1 Kings 1:36

36 And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.

1 Kings 1:36 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:36

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.

1 Kings 1:36 In-Context

34 and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet, and say, 'Long live King Solomon!'
35 You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah."
36 And Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.
37 As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David."
38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada, and the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites, went down and caused Solomon to ride on King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
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