1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ¹  did not ally themselves ²  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:10

1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, ³  or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁴  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁵  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

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¹ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

² tn Heb “were not.”

³ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

⁴ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

⁵ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.