KJV King James Version
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which [belonged] to David, were not with Adonijah.
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1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which [belonged] to David, were not with Adonijah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
WEB World English Bible
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
ASV American Standard Version
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty ones whom David hath, have not been with Adonijah.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 1
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also [was a] very goodly [man]; and [his mother] bare him after Absalom.
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him].
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which [belonged] to David, were not with Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which [is] by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth [it] not?
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וְצָד֣וֹקH6659 · tsa.doqZadokהַ֠כֹּהֵןH3548 · ko.henpriestוּבְנָיָ֨הוּH1141 · be.na.yahBenaiahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childיְהוֹיָדָ֜עH3077 · ye.ho.ya.daJehoiadaוְנָתָ֤ןH5416 · na.tanNathanהַנָּבִיא֙H5030 · na.viprophetוְשִׁמְעִ֣יH8096 · shim.iShimeiוְרֵעִ֔יH7472 · re.iReiוְהַגִּבּוֹרִ֖יםH1368 · gib.bormighty manאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלְדָוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotהָי֖וּH1961 · ha.yahto beעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃H138 · a.do.niy.yahAdonijah
Cross-references
1 Kings 4:18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:2 Samuel 20:25And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:2 Samuel 23:8-39These [be] the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same [was] Adino the Eznite: [he lift up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.1 Kings 2:35And 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.Zechariah 12:13The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;2 Samuel 12:1-15And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.1 Chronicles 27:5-6The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.2 Samuel 8:17-18And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe;Ezekiel 44:15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:2 Samuel 7:2-4That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.1 Chronicles 11:10-47These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
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