1 Kings 2:25

Contextual Overview

¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. ¹² Solomon became king and sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. ¹² Solomon became king after David, his father, and he was in firm control of his kingdom. ¹² Solomon sat on his father David's throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified. ¹² Then Solomon was seated upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. ¹² Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. ¹²Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. ¹² Forsothe Salomon sat on the trone of Dauid, his fadir, and his rewme was maad stidfast greetli.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he fell: 1 Kings 2:31, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:46, Judges 8:20, Judges 8:21, 1 Samuel 15:33, 2 Samuel 1:15, 2 Samuel 4:12

Reciprocal: Judges 15:12 - fall 2 Samuel 19:11 - sent 2 Samuel 23:5 - Although 1 Kings 2:29 - Go 1 Chronicles 3:2 - Adonijah 1 Chronicles 29:24 - all the sons Proverbs 17:11 - General Ecclesiastes 8:4 - the word Hebrews 12:7 - for what

Cross-References

Genesis 2:10
A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

Genesis 2:10
A river flowed through Eden and watered the garden. From there the river branched out to become four rivers.

Genesis 2:10
Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden: and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Genesis 2:10
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

Genesis 2:10
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [branching] rivers.

Genesis 2:10
And a ryuer yede out fro the place of likyng to moyste paradis, which ryuer is departid fro thennus in to foure heedis.

Genesis 2:10
And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief [rivers];

Genesis 2:10
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,.... Orders to execute him, and proper persons to do it; perhaps some of the Cherethites and Pelethites under him, to assist at least in it:

and he fell upon him, that he died; Benaiah rushed in upon him with his men, and thrust his sword into him, and killed him; executions used to be done in those times and countries by great personages, as the instances of Gideon, Doeg, and others, show, and not by common executioners.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 2:25. 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, 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:46. 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.