1 Kings 2:25

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King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

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  • 2 Sam 8:18 : 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31 : 31 The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.
  • 1 Kgs 2:34 : 34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.
  • 1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.
  • Judg 8:20-21 : 20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son,“Come on! Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young. 21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon,“Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.
  • 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 Samuel said,“Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 1:15 : 15 Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
  • 2 Sam 4:12 : 12 So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:45-46
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    45But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the LORD.

    46The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 2:34-35
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    34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

    35The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:22-24
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    22King Solomon answered his mother,“Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

    23King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!

    24Now, as certainly as the LORD lives(he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

  • 1 Kgs 2:29-32
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    29When King Solomon heard that Joab had run to the tent of the LORD and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada,“Go, strike him down.”

    30When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the LORD, he said to him,“The king says,‘Come out!’” But he replied,“No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply.

    31The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.

    32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
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    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

  • 1 Kgs 1:51-53
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    51Solomon was told,“Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying,‘May King Solomon solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

    52Solomon said,“If he is a loyal subject, not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, he will die.”

    53King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him,“Go home.”

  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
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    16But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

    17Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him,“Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 14:5
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    5When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 1 Sam 26:10
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    10David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

  • 2 Chr 25:3
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    3When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:24-26
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    24Nathan said,“My master, O king, did you announce,‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

    25For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment they are having a feast in his presence, and they have declared,‘Long live King Adonijah!’

    26But he did not invite me– your servant– or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26-27
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    26The king then told Abiathar the priest,“Go back to your property in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the Sovereign LORD before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.”

    27Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest for the LORD, fulfilling the LORD’s message that he had pronounced against the family of Eli in Shiloh.

  • 1 Chr 29:28
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    28He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-36
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    35Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

    36Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king:“So be it! May the LORD God of my master the king confirm it!

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
    72%

    1David’s Final Words to Solomon When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

  • 1 Kgs 1:9
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    9Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

  • 2 Sam 23:20-22
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    20Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

    21He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

    22Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.

  • 1 Chr 11:24
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    24Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

  • 1 Kgs 1:44
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    44The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

  • 2 Sam 1:10
    72%

    10So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn’t live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:19
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    19He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

  • 2 Kgs 11:16
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    16They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
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    15They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12-13
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    12Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

    13Visit King David and say to him,‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant,“Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’

  • 2 Chr 24:25
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    25When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 1 Kgs 1:38
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    38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
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    40Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
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    8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the LORD,‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

  • 1 Kgs 1:21
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    21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.

  • 2 Kgs 12:21
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    21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.