1 Kings 2:43

Contextual Overview

³⁵The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab's position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest. ³⁵ The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab's position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest. ³⁵And the king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. ³⁵ The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. ³⁵ And the king put Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roome ouer ye hoast, and put Sadoc the priest in the roome of Abiathar. ³⁵ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army. And the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. ³⁵ Solomon then made Benaiah son of Jehoiada the commander of the army in Joab's place. Solomon also made Zadok the new high priest in Abiathar's place. ³⁵ The king put Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada over the army in place of Jo'ab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abi'athar. ³⁵ 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. ³⁵ And the king put Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roome ouer the hoste, and Zadok the Priest did the king put in the roume of Abiathar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why: 2 Samuel 21:2, Ezekiel 17:18, Ezekiel 17:19

commandment: 2 Chronicles 30:12, Ecclesiastes 8:2, Romans 13:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:11 - an oath of the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord,.... Which was made by him, and in his presence, and in which he was appealed to, and so by not keeping it was guilty of perjury:

and the commandment that I have charged thee with? and so guilty of disobedience to him as his sovereign; for which two reasons he ought to die.