1 Kings 1:7
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
1 Kings 1:7 in other translations
| BSB | So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him. |
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| WEB | He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him. |
| ASV | And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. |
| YLT | And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah; |
| DARBY | And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they helped Adonijah and followed him. |
| BBE | And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support. |
| Webster | And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah, helped him. |
What does 1 Kings 1:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 1:5-10
Indulgent parents are often chastised with disobedient children, who are anxious to possess their estates. No worldly wisdom, nor experience, nor sacredness of character, can insure the continuance in any former course of those who remain under the power of self-love. But we may well wonder by what arts Joab and Abiathar could be drawn aside.
1 Kings 1:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 1:7
- 2 Samuel 20:25
And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
- 1 Kings 2:22
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
- 1 Kings 2:26-35
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. 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. Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. …
- Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
- 2 Samuel 20:23
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
- 2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 8:16
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Samuel 15:24-29
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. …
- 1 Samuel 22:20-23
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord’s priests. And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house. Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
- 2 Samuel 15:35
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
- 1 Chronicles 11:6
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 15:12; Ps 2:2
Joab.
2:28; 2Sa 8:16; 20:23
Abiathar.
1Sa 22:20-23; 2Sa 15:24-29,35; 20:25
following Adonijah helped him. Heb. helped after Adonijah.
2:22,26-35
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Context
- 1 Kings 1:6
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
- 1 Kings 1:7
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- 1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tenía tratos con Joab hijo de Sarvia, y con Abiathar sacerdote, los cuales ayudaban á Adonía. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il conféra avec Joab, fils de Tseruïa, et avec Abiathar, le sacrificateur, et ils aidèrent Adonija et le suivirent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er hatte Unterredungen mit Joab, dem Sohne der Zeruja, und mit Abjathar, dem Priester; und sie halfen Adonija und folgten ihm nach. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et sermo ei cum Joab filio Sarviæ, et cum Abiathar sacerdote, qui adjuvabant partes Adoniæ. |