King James Version
1 Kings 2:35 in the King James Version says “And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the roo...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.”
1 Kings 2:35 · KJV
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“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
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in his room over the host”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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