24 Now then, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and (A)has made me a house just as He [a]promised, Adonijah certainly shall be put to death today!” 25 Then King Solomon (B)sent the order by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he [b]struck him so that he died.

26 Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “(C)Go to Anathoth to your own field, (D)for you [c]deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this [d]time, because (E)you carried the ark of the Lord [e]God before my father David, and because (F)you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:24 Lit spoke
  2. 1 Kings 2:25 Lit attacked
  3. 1 Kings 2:26 Lit are a man of death
  4. 1 Kings 2:26 Lit day
  5. 1 Kings 2:26 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

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