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1 Kings 2:34

What does 1 Kings 2:34 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 2:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goeth up and falleth upon him, and putteth him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

So Banaias, the son of Joiada, went up, and setting upon him slew him, and he was buried in his house in the desert.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him, and put him to death; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Context

v.33So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jehovah.

v.34This passage

v.35And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 21:18

    And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

  • Joshua 15:61

    In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

  • 1 Kings 2:46

    So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:20

    So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 2:31

    And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.

  • Matthew 3:1

    And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,

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