1 Kings 1:7
So then he had speech with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest,—and they gave help, following Adonijah.
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2 Samuel 8:16and, Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army,—and, Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was remembrancer.
2 Samuel 15:24And lo! Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, were bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had made an end of passing over out of the city.
2 Samuel 20:23And, Joab, was [restored] unto all the army of Israel,—And, Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
1 Kings 2:22Then answered King Solomon, and said to his mother—Wherefore, then, art thou asking Abishag the Shunammite, for Adonijah? ask, then, for him the kingdom, because he is mine elder brother,—even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab, son of Zeruiah.
1 Kings 2:28And, the report, came unto Joab, for, Joab, had inclined after Adonijah, although, after Solomon, he had not inclined,—so then Joab fled into the Tent of Yahweh, and laid hold of the horns of the altar.
1 Chronicles 27:34And, after Ahitophel, was Jehoiada son of Benaiah—and Abiathar. And, the captain of the king’s army, was Joab.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:6-11
Adonijah's Ambition. ( b. c. 1015.) 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of… Read the whole commentary →