1 Kings 2:25
2:25 King Solomon then sent
1 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.
2
1 Kings 2:34
2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab;
3 he was buried at his home in the wilderness.
1 Kings 2:30
2:30 When 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.
4
1 Kings 1:36
1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded
5 to the king: “So be it!
6 May the
Lord God of my master the king confirm it!
7
1 Kings 2:35
2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of
8 the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place.
9
1 Kings 2:46
2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei.
10 So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. 11
1 Kings 2:29
2:29 When King Solomon heard
12 that Joab had run to the tent of the
Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada,
13 “Go, strike him down.”
1 tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”
2 tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”
3 tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
7 tn Heb “answered and said.”
8 tn Or “Amen.”
9 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”
9 tn Heb “over.”
10 tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.
11 tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”
12 tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”
13 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
14 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”