1 KINGS 2:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.”
"And King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon Adonijah, and he died." — Benaiah (*Benaya'hu*), the faithful military commander, carries out the execution: *va-yar'ig otho va-yamut* (and he struck him down and he died). The verb *naphál* (fell upon) suggests violent action; Benaiah acts as the instrument of Solomon's judgment. Adonijah's death ends the succession struggle definitively; the deposed prince dies not of old age but of political necessity.
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