1 Kings 2:34-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-34

Abiathar and Joab were both aiding and abetting in Adonijah's rebellious attempt, and it is probable were at the bottom of this new motion made of Adonijah for Abishag, and it should seem Solomon knew it, 1 Kgs. 2:22. This was, in both, an intolerable affront both to God and to the government, and the worse because of their high station and the great influence their examples might have upon many. They therefore come next to be reckoned with. They are both equally guilty of 51c0 the treason,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35-46

Here is, I. The preferment of Benaiah and Zadok, two faithful friends to Solomon and his government, 1 Kgs. 2:35. Joab being put to death, Benaiah was advanced to be general of the forces in his room, and, Abiathar being deposed, Zadok was made high priest in his room, and therein was fulfilled the word of God, when he threatened to cut off the house of Eli (1 Sam. 2:35), I will raise me up a faithful priest, and will build him a sure house. Though sacred offices may be disgraced, they shall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up ,.... To Gibeon, which was a great high place, 1 Kings 3:4 ; and fell upon him, and slew him ; at the altar; or, dragging him from it at some distance, drew his sword and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness ; not in his dwelling house strictly taken, but in a garden or field adjoining to it, which house in the wilderness; not a waste place uninhabited; for, as Kimchi observes, this word sometimes signifies a place... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host ,.... Advanced him from being captain of his bodyguards to be general of the army: and Zadok the priest did he put in the room of Abiathar ; from a common priest he promoted him to the high priesthood; whereby that office was restored to its ancient line, the family or Eleazar, having been in the line of Ithamar for many years; and the prediction of the destruction of Eli's house, made eighty years ago, began to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah - went up - and slew him - It appears he slew him at the very altar. Joab must have been both old and infirm at this time, and now he bleeds for Abner, he bleeds for Amasa, and he bleeds for Uriah. The two former he murdered; of the blood of the latter he was not innocent; yet he had done the state much service, and they knew it. But he was a murderer, and vengeance would not suffer such to live. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-35

The Death of Joab. "Know ye not that there is a prince and great man fallen this day in Israel"—so might men say as they heard, so may we say as we read, the history of Joab's death. After David, he was by far the greatest man—the ablest general, the bravest soldier, the most capable statesman—of that age. He was "the Marlborough, the Belisarius of the Jewish empire." He had fought David's battles, won his conquests, captured his citadel, and twice preserved for him his crown. It is a sad... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up [not because the altar" stood higher up Mount Zion than Solomon's house" (Keil), but because Gibeon, where the tabernacle and brazen altar then were, stood higher than Jerusalem. It is remarkable that retribution thus overtook Joab on the very scene of his last murder, for it was "at the great stone which is in Gibeon" ( 2 Samuel 20:8 ), that he slew Amasa. Cf. 2 Kings 9:26 : "I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord"], and fell upon him,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35

And 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. [It is hardly likely that Joab would be retained in command of the army after the conspiracy of 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; nor is this implied in this verse, the meaning of which is that Benaiah took the place of Josh, and that Zadok henceforward was sole high priest.] HOMILETICS read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:34

Retribution overtook Joab on the very scene (Gibeon) of the most treacherous of his murders. It was at the “great stone which is in Gibeon” that Joab killed Amasa 2 Samuel 20:8-10. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:35

The high priesthood had been for some time in a certain sense divided between Zadok and Abiathar. (See the 1 Kings 1:8 note). Henceforth, Zadok became sole high priest. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-34

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35-46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 2:34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:26-35

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 2:35

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 2:35

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