Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 2:25
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So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.
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And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
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King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
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1 Kings 2
23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
24 And 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!”
25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.
26 Then 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.”
27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
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