Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.
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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said: 'Amen; so say the LORD, the God of my lord the king.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 1:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he dishonors his father’s bed.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ”
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.
- 1 Chronicles 17:27 Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
- Psalms 18:2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Psalms 63:1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Psalms 72:19 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
- Psalms 89:20 I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
- Psalms 89:26 He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
- Jeremiah 11:5 that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is today.” Then I answered, and said, “Amen, Yahweh.”
- Jeremiah 28:6 even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May Yahweh do so. May Yahweh perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Yahweh’s house, and all those who are captives, from Babylon to this place.
- Matthew 6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, say so.
Hebrew, say so.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered…
1Ki 1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so [too].
Ver. 36. Amen: the Lord … say so too.] Amen is, (1.) Assenting; (2.) Assevering; (3.) Assuring. It is as much as So be it; yea, So it shall be; It must be so, if, as here, the Lord our God say so too. Only we must stretch out our hearts after our Amen, say the Rabbis, and be swallowed up in God.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Amen; which was both an approbation of the king’s…
Amen; which was both an approbation of the king’s fact, and a profession of his allegiance to the new king, and a petition to God to ratify and confirm it.
The Lord God of my lord the king say so too; the Lord stablish Solomon’s throne in spite of Adonijah, and all his other enemies.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king,....…
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king,.... In the name of the rest:
and said, Amen; they all assented to it, and expressed their satisfaction in it:
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the Lord God of my lord the king say so too; let it appear, by the prosperity and success that shall by divine Providence attend the new king, that this is according to the will of God.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 36. Sit upon my throne] The matter of…
Verse 36. Sit upon my throne] The matter of conducting a business of this kind seems to have been this:
1. The king elect was placed on the mule of his predecessor, and caused to ride abroad to one of the public wells, or to a river where there was the greatest concourse of people, that they might see who he was that was appointed. Solomon was here taken to the river Gihon, in order to be anointed; the continual stream or constantly running fountain, denoting the perpetuity of the kingdom.
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2. The priest and the prophet anointed him in the name of the Lord; and thereby signified that he should be endued with all the kingly virtues; that he should reign by, under, and for the Lord.
3. The trumpet was then to be blown, and solemn proclamation made, that he was anointed king.
4. He was then brought and solemnly placed on the throne, to signify that he had now assumed the reins of government, and was about to administer justice and judgement to the people.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain King. May all have a prosperous issue, conformably to…
King. May all have a prosperous issue, conformably to the wishes of your majesty and the decrees of God. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. and said, Amen] Expressing as usual a prayer…
36. and said, Amen] Expressing as usual a prayer ‘So let it be’; but at the same time expressing concurrence with all the king had said and a determination to carry his orders into effect. Thus the word implies also ‘So it shall be.’ But there is immediately subjoined ‘the Lord God of my lord the king say so too,’ implying that though David might plan and his servants labour for this end it would not be brought about except with God’s will. The sentence may be compared with Jeremiah (Jer_28:6), where the words are ‘The prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so’; a reading which one or two MSS give here, but no doubt only as a gloss.
the Lord God of my lord] R.V. ‘the Lord, the God of my lord.’ See above on 1Ki_1:30.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Benaiah the son of Johoiada probably he spoke,…
And Benaiah the son of Johoiada probably he spoke, not because the execution of the order depended upon him (Bahr); for both Zadok and Nathan had a much more important part to perform, but as a blunt soldier who was accustomed to speak his mind answered the king and said, Amen: the Lord God lit., "Jehovah, he God," etc. of my lord the king say so too.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And Benaiah . . . said Amen.
1Ki_1:36
And Benaiah . . . said Amen.
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The Amen of God and of man
Benaiah recognises the necessity that God shall ratify and effectuate mans desires and purposes. Mans Amen means May it be so. Jehovahs Amen alone means It shall be so. His words are the expression of--
I. Human helplessness. Mans plans only succeed when in the way of Gods Providence, and when carried out in His strength. The true, broad view of His Providence shows us a government of the worlds affairs, which takes in the life of the highest and humblest, their aims, their work, their wants, their very sins and opposition, and, as here, makes all contribute to the revelation of His Son and the setting up of His kingdom. At the same time He can fulfil Davids narrower plan, and secure Solomons elevation. He can secure my private wish and His own will; He can harmonise the course, and aims, and wants, of two lives, or twenty, or a hundred, even if not to converge for many years to come. If they harmonise, it is because He says so too. Men must strive in vain against Gods purposes; or for their own, without Jehovahs Amen. Men are, and are not, architects of their own fortune. Except the Lord build the house of David, or Benaiah, or any other, they labour in vain that build it. Babel-builders leave God out of their counsel; they must have Him in their work. Napoleons fall dates from his words at Berlin: I propose, and I dispose. Man proposes, God disposes.
II. Hope. Human effort is not to be paralysed: I cannot make my plan absolutely secure, or any plan, therefore I will do nothing. This is fatalism. There is a responsibility for effort lying on every man. David and Benaiah must propose. This done prayerfully and submissively, man may hope for a blessing on his effort, The godly man proposes, and may hope that God will say so too.
III. Humility. Not the sullen submission which bows, and bears, and yields, because there is no choice, if He does not say so too. But the reverent acknowledgment of a superior will to which a man loves to bow; the glad submission of every plan to the scrutiny and revision of a wise Father.
1. Let all our plans in life be conceived in this spirit. Write D.V. upon every record of purpose and desire.
2. All must be conceived and carried out in His strength. In our vows--
Thou art not only to perform Thy part,
Thou also mine: as when the league was made,
Thou didst at once Thyself indite
And hold my hand, while I did write.
--(Herbert.)
(H. J. Foster.)
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