KJV King James Version
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
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1 Kings 1:42
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
WEB World English Bible
While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”
ASV American Standard Version
While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He is yet speaking, and lo, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest hath come in, and Adonijah saith, ‘Come in, for a man of valour thou art, and thou bearest good tidings.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 1
39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that [were] with him heard [it] as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore [is this] noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.
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עוֹדֶ֣נּוּH5750 · odstillמְדַבֵּ֔רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakוְהִנֵּ֧הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdיוֹנָתָ֛ןH3129 · yo.na.tanJonathanבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאֶבְיָתָ֥רH54 · ev.ya.tarAbiatharהַכֹּהֵ֖ןH3548 · ko.henpriestבָּ֑אH935 · boto come (in): comeוַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲדֹנִיָּ֙הוּ֙H138 · a.do.niy.yahAdonijahבֹּ֔אH935 · boto come (in): comeכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanחַ֛יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersאַ֖תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְט֥וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantתְּבַשֵּֽׂר׃H1319 · ba.sarto bear tidings
Cross-references
2 Samuel 15:36Behold, [they have] there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s [son], and Jonathan Abiathar’s [son]; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.2 Samuel 18:27And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and cometh with good tidings.2 Samuel 17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.2 Samuel 15:27The king said also unto Zadok the priest, [Art not] thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.1 Kings 22:18And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?Isaiah 57:21[There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.1 Thessalonians 5:2-3For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.2 Kings 9:22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?
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