“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.
- KJV And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
- NKJV Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! May the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.
- NASB Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say the same.
- NLT “Amen!” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied. “May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, decree that it happen.
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Quick answer
Benaiah answers 'Amen,' asking that the LORD confirm the king's word. He wholeheartedly endorses Solomon's coronation.
Overview
Benaiah, the loyal commander, responds with hearty agreement and a prayer that God himself ratify David's decree. His 'Amen' expresses both submission and faith that the LORD stands behind the appointment. The response shows that the faithful desire God's blessing, not merely David's, on the new reign.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 11:5This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Ps 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- 1 Cor 14:16Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
- 1 Chr 17:27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
- Ps 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- 1 Sam 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- Jer 28:6“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
- Deut 27:15–26‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Ps 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
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