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1 Kings 1:36-38
New English Translation
1 Kings 1:36-38
New English Translation
36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded[a] to the king: “So be it![b] May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it![c] 37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”[d]
38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites[e] went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.
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- 1 Kings 1:36 tn Heb “answered and said.”
- 1 Kings 1:36 tn Or “Amen.”
- 1 Kings 1:36 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”
- 1 Kings 1:37 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”
- 1 Kings 1:38 sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.
1 Kings 1:36-38
New International Version
1 Kings 1:36-38
New International Version
36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be with(A) Solomon to make his throne even greater(B) than the throne of my lord King David!”
38 So Zadok(C) the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites(D) and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.(E)
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