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1 Kings 2:24-26
New King James Version
1 Kings 2:24-26
New King James Version
24 Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a [a]house for me, as He (A)promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
25 So King Solomon sent by the hand of (B)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.
Abiathar Exiled, Joab Executed
26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to (C)Anathoth, to your own fields, for [b]you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, (D)because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.”
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- 1 Kings 2:24 Royal dynasty
- 1 Kings 2:26 Lit. you are a man of death
New King James Version (NKJV)
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