1 Kings 2 · Verse 25

1 Kings 2:25

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, King James Version

1 Kings 2:25 in other translations

BSBSo King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
WEBKing Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
ASVAnd king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.
YLTAnd king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.
DARBYAnd king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.
BBEAnd King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
WebsterAnd king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

What does 1 Kings 2:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 2:23-25

23-25. God do so to me, and more also--the common form of introducing a solemn oath. if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life--Whether there was a treasonable design to conceal under this request or not, the act, according to Eastern notions, was criminal, and of dangerous consequence to the state. There is no ground of censure upon Solomon for cruelty or precipitation in this instance. He had…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Solomon sent - Benaiah - and he fell upon him that he died. - Benaiah seems to have been the public state executioner, and yet he was generalissimo of all the forces. See him employed in a similar work, 1Kgs 2:34 (note), 1Kgs 2:46 (note). I suppose him to have been such another general as Suwarrow, butcher-general of the Turks and Poles to the late Empress Catharine of Russia: like mistress, like man. But they have long since been called to an impartial tribunal. That this was an act of cruelty towards Adonijah, needs no proof. He is suspected, condemned, and slain, without a hearing. Calmet vindicates all this by various assumptions, and lays down a doctrine that is calculated for the meridian of Fez or Morocco; hear him: Un prince, dans ses jugemens, ne peut pas toujours suivre les regles de la plus parfaite morale; la politique, et le bien de l'etat, obligent souvent a des choses opposees aux conseils de l'evangile; "A prince in his judgments cannot always follow the rules of the most perfect morality; policy and the good of the state often require things to be done which are contrary to the counsels of the Gospel." What a diabolic maxim is this! And is this indeed the way that French kings ruled and ministers decreed judgment? Then we need not wonder at a revolution in that state, nor of the scourge that desolated the land. O England! magnify God for your constitution, your constitutional king, and the laws according to which he reigns.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 2:12-25

Solomon received Bathsheba with all the respect that was owing to a mother; but let none be asked for that which they ought not to grant. It ill becomes a good man to prefer a bad request, or to appear in a bad cause. According to eastern customs it was plain that Adonijah sought to be king, by his asking for Abishag as his wife, and Solomon could not be safe while he lived. Ambitious, turbulent spirits commonly…

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1 Kings 2:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
בְּיַ֖דbe.Yadby [the] hand ofH3027
בְּנָיָ֣הוּbe.na.Ya.huBenaiahH1141
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
יְהוֹיָדָ֑עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
וַיִּפְגַּע\־vai.yif.ga'-and he fellH6293
בּ֖וֹboon him
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃\ \סvai.ya.Motand he diedH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 2:25

  • 2 Samuel 8:18

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

  • Judges 8:20-21

    And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.

  • 1 Kings 2:34

    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.

  • 1 Kings 2:46

    So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

  • 2 Samuel 4:12

    And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

  • 1 Kings 2:31

    And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

  • 1 Samuel 15:33

    And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

  • 2 Samuel 1:15

    And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he fell.
31,34,46; Jud 8:20,21; 1Sa 15:33; 2Sa 1:15; 4:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 2:24

    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.

  • 1 Kings 2:25

    And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

  • 1 Kings 2:26

    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.

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1 Kings 2:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces el rey Salomón envió por mano de Benaía hijo de Joiada, el cual dió sobre él, y murió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi Salomon envoya par Benaïa, fils de Jehoïada, qui se jeta sur lui, et il mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König Salomo sandte hin durch Benaja, den Sohn Jojadas; und er stieß ihn nieder, und er starb.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misitque rex Salomon per manum Banaiæ filii Jojadæ, qui interfecit eum, et mortuus est.