1 Kings 2:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.”
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“So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 2:25 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 8:20So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
- Judges 15:12But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”
- 1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
- 2 Samuel 1:15Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
- 2 Samuel 4:12So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
- 1 Kings 2:31And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
- 1 Kings 2:34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 2:46Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
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