1 Kings 1:8
Context1:8 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
Context1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, 3 or his brother Solomon.
1 Kings 1:32
Context1:32 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
Context1:38 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
Context1:44 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.
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.