King James Version
1 Kings 2:25 in the King James Version says “And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.”
1 Kings 2:25 · KJV
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. worthy: Heb. a man of death
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“by the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and he fell”
H6293to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
“upon him that he died”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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