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.”

"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." - 1 Kings 2:35
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What does 1 Kings 2:35 mean?

The Bible verse 1 Kings 2:35 from the King James Version (KJV) reads, "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." This verse comes from the book of 1 Kings, which is part of the…

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The Sovereign Replacements: Lessons in Divine Leadership

The moment recorded in 1 Kings 2:35 is steeped in the realities of leadership, fidelity, and the intricate design of divine orchestration. The passage reads, "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…

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A Prayer for Divine Leadership and Wisdom

Eternal and Almighty God, we come before Your holy throne today in reverence and awe of Your greatness and might. We reflect on the wisdom displayed in the moments of leadership, as seen in the account of King Solomon. In 1 Kings 2:35, we read how Solomon appointed Benaiah the…

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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."
2 Chronicles 35:27 - "And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah."
1 Kings 18:35 - "And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water."
2 Kings 9:35 - "And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands."
2 Kings 10:35 - "And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead."
1 Kings 11:35 - "But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes."
1 Kings 6:35 - "And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work."
1 Kings 7:35 - "And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same."
2 Kings 18:35 - "Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?"
2 Kings 15:35 - "¶ Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD."
1 Kings 22:35 - "And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot."
2 Kings 4:35 - "Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes."
1 Kings 20:35 - "¶ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him."
1 Kings 1:35 - "Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah."
2 Kings 19:35 - "¶ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses."
2 Kings 17:35 - "With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:"
II Kings 15:35 the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places.
"And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah." - 2 Chronicles 35:27
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 19:2
1 Chronicles 2:35 - "And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai."
1 Kings 8:35 - "¶ When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:"
2 Chronicles 35:18 - "And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
"And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water." - 1 Kings 18:35
2 Chronicles 35:1 - "Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month."
"And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands." - 2 Kings 9:35
1 Kings 2:18 - "And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king."
2 Kings 23:35 - "And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh."