25So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.


In Context

22 King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him-after all, he is my older brother-yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!"

23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord : "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request!

24 And now, as surely as the Lord lives- he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised-Adonijah shall be put to death today!"

25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.

26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father's hardships."

27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord , fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

1st Kings 2:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that he died.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, that he died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him that he died.