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.
1
1 Kings 1:8
1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors
2 did not ally themselves
3 with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:32
1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, 4 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
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.
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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 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
2 tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).
3 tn Heb “were not.”
3 sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.
4 tn Heb “answered and said.”
5 tn Or “Amen.”
6 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”
5 tn Heb “over.”
6 tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.
6 tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”
7 tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”