1 Kings 2:46 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁶ Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁶ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ So the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who went out and struck down Shimei, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ Then the king commanded Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son, who went and attacked Shimei, and he died. In these ways royal power was handed over to Solomon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁶ So the king commanded Banaias the son of Joiada. And he went out and struck him, and he died.

1 Kings 2:46 Cross References

1 Kings 2:12

So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

1 Kings 2:25

So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck him down, and he died.

1 Kings 2:34

Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him, and he was buried at his own house near the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:45

But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”

2 Chronicles 1:1

Solomon son of David strengthened himself in his kingdom; the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

Proverbs 25:5

take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.