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1 Kings 1

1 Kings 1:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And λhe conferred
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
with Joab
Yow'ab (Hebrew #3097)
Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Joab.
Pronounce: yo-awb'
Origin: from {SI 13068}3068{/SI} and 1
f the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Zeruiah
Tsruwyah (Hebrew #6870)
wounded; Tserujah, an Israelitess
KJV usage: Zeruiah.
Pronounce: tser-oo-yaw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from the same as 6875
, and with Abiathar
'Ebyathar (Hebrew #54)
father of abundance (i.e. liberal); Ebjathar, an Israelite
KJV usage: Abiathar.
Pronounce: ab-yaw-thawr'
Origin: contracted from 1 and 3498
g the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
: and they μfollowing
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
Adonijah
'Adoniyah (Hebrew #138)
from 113 and 3050; lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Adonijah.
Pronounce: ad-o-nee-yaw'
Origin: original (prolonged) dAdoniyahuw {ad-o-nee- yaw'-hoo}
helped
`azar (Hebrew #5826)
to surround, i.e. protect or aid
KJV usage: help, succour.
Pronounce: aw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
him.
λ
his words were.
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1 Kings 2:28• 28{i}And the report came to Joab (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom); and Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.{/i} (1 Kings 2:28)
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2 Sam. 20:25• 25{i}and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;{/i} (2 Sam. 20:25)
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helped after Adonijah.

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Adonijah,
Joab,
Priest; Priesthood,
Zeruiah

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Ministry on This Verse

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And he conferred.
Heb. his words were.
2 Sam. 15:12• 12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. (2 Sam. 15:12)
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Psa. 2:2• 2The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:2)
Joab.
1 Kings 2:28• 28{i}And the report came to Joab (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom); and Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.{/i} (1 Kings 2:28)
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2 Sam. 8:16• 16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. (2 Sam. 8:16)
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2 Sam. 20:23• 23{i}And Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;{/i} (2 Sam. 20:23)
Abiathar.
1 Sam. 22:20‑23• 20And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
 21{i}And Abiathar informed David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.{/i}
 22{i}And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul: I am accountable for all the lives of thy father's house.{/i}
 23{i}Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:20‑23)
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2 Sam. 15:24‑29,35• 24And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
 25{i}And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city{/i}. If I shall find favour in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
 26but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
 27{i}And the king said to Zadok the priest, Thou art the seer: return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.{/i}
 28{i}See, I will stop in the plains of the desert, until there come word from you to inform me.{/i}
 29{i}And Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they abode there.{/i}
 35{i}And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it shall be, that whatsoever thing thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.{/i} (2 Sam. 15:24‑29,35)
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2 Sam. 20:25• 25{i}and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;{/i} (2 Sam. 20:25)
following Adonijah helped him.
Heb. helped after Adonijah.
1 Kings 2:22,26‑35• 22{i}And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.{/i}
 26{i}And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Go to Anathoth, to thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of Adonai Jehovah before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.{/i}
 27{i}And Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.{/i}
 28{i}And the report came to Joab (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom); and Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.{/i}
 29{i}And it was told king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.{/i}
 30{i}And Benaiah came to the tent of Jehovah and said to him, Thus saith the king: Come forth. And he said, No; for I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.{/i}
 31{i}And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; and take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.{/i}
 32{i}And Jehovah shall requite the blood which he shed upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, without my father David's knowledge: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.{/i}
 33{i}And their blood shall be requited upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever; but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace forever from Jehovah.{/i}
 34{i}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.{/i}
 35{i}And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host; and Zadok the priest the king put in the stead of Abiathar.{/i} (1 Kings 2:22,26‑35)
• Joab, ever the same, seeks only his own self-interest. Sensing that David is near his end, he turns to Adonijah, just as previously at first opportunity he had turned to Absalom. How could he have taken the part of the king of righteousness? The misdeeds of his past life must have made him fear too intimate a contact with Solomon. (“Meditations on 1 Kings-Introduction: Introduction” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they helped Adonijah and followed him.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they helped Adonijah and followed him.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)