1 Kings 2:25 “So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck…”

1 Kings 2:25

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

World English Bible

King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

American Standard Version

And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.

Geneva Bible 1599

And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

Darby Translation

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.

Young's Literal Translation

And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.

Bible in Basic English

And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.

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Cross references

“he fell”

1 Kings 2:31 1 Kings 2:34 1 Kings 2:46 1 Samuel 15:33 2 Samuel 1:15 2 Samuel 4:12

1 Kings 2:31 · BSB

And 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 2:34 · BSB

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:46 · BSB

Then 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.

1 Samuel 15:33 · BSB

But 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 1:15 · BSB

Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

2 Samuel 4:12 · BSB

So 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 H…

Also

2 Samuel 8:18

2 Samuel 8:18 · BSB

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

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