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King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They came before the king.
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A King's Strategic Team
David's choice of Zadok (priest), Nathan (prophet), and Benaiah (military commander) was a deliberate and powerful statement. Commentators explain that this group represented the key pillars of authority in Israel: the religious, the prophetic, and the military. Their unified presence demonstrated to the nation that Solomon's anointing was not a secret plot but had the king's full and official sanction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The combination of the high priest, the prophet, and the captain of the bodyguard (the Cherethites and Pelethites, 1 Kings 1:38) would …
19th Century
Anglican
Call me Zadok. —This sudden flash of the old energy in David, and the clear, terse directions which he gives for carrying out all …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And King David said, call me Zadok the priest Not Abiathar the high priest, for he had joined Adonijah; and besides …
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