Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"Amen!" replied Jehoiada's son Benaiah to the king. "May the LORD God of your majesty make this happen!

New American Standard Bible

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! Thus may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say.

King James Version

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

Holman Bible

“Amen,” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. “May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.

A Conservative Version

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen. LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so [too].

American Standard Version

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so too .

Amplified

Benaiah [the overseer of the king’s bodyguards], the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! (So be it!) May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so too.

Bible in Basic English

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answering the king, said, So be it: and may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.

Darby Translation

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen: Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so too.

Julia Smith Translation

And Benaiah, son of Jehoida, will answer the king and say, Verily: so will Jehovah say, the God of my lord the king.

King James 2000

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! So may Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, confirm it!

Modern King James verseion

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen. May Jehovah, the God of my lord the king say so.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen, and so I pray God that the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

NET Bible

Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: "So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it!

New Heart English Bible

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, "Amen. May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.

The Emphasized Bible

Then did Benaiah son of Jehoiada make response unto the king, and say - Amen! so, say Yahweh, God of my lord the king.

Webster

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

World English Bible

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, "Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answereth the king, and saith, 'Amen! so doth Jehovah, God of my lord the king, say;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Benaiah
בּניהוּ בּניה 
B@nayah 
Usage: 42

יהוידע 
Y@howyada` 
Usage: 48

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

the king
מלך 
melek 
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521
Usage: 2521

and said

Usage: 0

אמן 
'amen 
Usage: 30

the Lord

Usage: 0

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of my lord
אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

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Context Readings

Solomon Confirmed King

35 After this, you are to follow him back here, and he is to come and sit on my throne and take my place as king, because I've appointed him to be Commander-in-Chief over Israel and Judah." 36 "Amen!" replied Jehoiada's son Benaiah to the king. "May the LORD God of your majesty make this happen! 37 As the LORD has been with your majesty the king, so may he be with Solomon. May he make his throne greater than the throne of your majesty, King David."



Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

""Cursed is the one who makes a sculptured or cast image a detestable thing to the LORD, the work of a craftsman and sets it up secretly.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

1 Samuel 25:29

If anyone should arise to pursue you and seek your life, may the life of your majesty be bound up with the LORD your God in a bundle of the living, and may he sling out the lives of your enemies from the pocket of a sling.

1 Chronicles 17:27

Furthermore, it has pleased you to bless the dynasty of your servant, so that it will continue in place forever in your presence, because when you, LORD, grant a blessing, it is an eternal blessing."

Psalm 18:2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower."

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

Psalm 72:19

And blessed be his glorious name forever, and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!

Psalm 89:20

I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

Psalm 89:26

He will announce to me "You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.'

Jeremiah 11:5

As a result, I'll fulfill the oath that I made with your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, just as is the case today."'" Then I answered, "So be it, LORD."

Jeremiah 28:6

The prophet Jeremiah said, "May the LORD truly do this thing! May the LORD fulfill the words that you prophesied to bring back the vessels of the LORD's Temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.

Matthew 6:13

And never bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you say a blessing with your spirit, how can an otherwise uneducated person say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you're saying?

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