KJV King James Version
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:
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1 Kings 4:4
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
WEB World English Bible
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
ASV American Standard Version
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar are priests;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 4
1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these [were] the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan [was] over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan [was] principal officer, [and] the king’s friend:
6 And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
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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.1 Kings 2:26-27And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
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