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1 Kings 2:29-34

29It was reportedH5046 to KingH4428 SolomonH8010H3588: “JoabH3097 has fledH5127 toH413 the tentH168 of the LORDH3068 and is nowH2009 besideH681 the altarH4196.”

So SolomonH8010 sentH7971 BenaiahH1141 sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077, sayingH559, “GoH1980, strike him downH6293!”

30And BenaiahH1141 enteredH935H413 the tentH168 of the LORDH3068 and saidH559 to JoabH413, “The kingH3541H4428 saysH559, ‘Come outH3318!’”

But Joab repliedH559, “NoH3808, I will dieH4191 hereH6311.”

So BenaiahH1141 relayed the messageH1697H7725 to the kingH4428, sayingH559, “This is howH3541 JoabH3097 answered meH6030.”

31And the kingH4428 repliedH559, “DoH6213 just asH834 he saysH1696. Strike him downH6293 and bury himH6912, and so removeH5493 from meH5921 and fromH5921 the houseH1004 of my fatherH1 the innocentH2600 bloodH1818 thatH834 JoabH3097 shedH8210. 32The LORDH3068 will bringH7725 his bloodshedH1818 back uponH5921 his own headH7218, forH834 withoutH3808 the knowledgeH3045 of my fatherH1 DavidH1732 he struck downH6293 twoH8147 menH582 more righteousH6662 and betterH2896 than heH4480 when he putH2026 to the swordH2719 AbnerH74 sonH1121 of NerH5369, commanderH8269 of Israel’sH3478 armyH6635, and AmasaH6021 sonH1121 of JetherH3500, commanderH8269 of Judah’sH3063 armyH6635. 33Their bloodH1818 will come backH7725 upon the headsH7218 of JoabH3097 and his descendants foreverH2233H5769; but for DavidH1732, his descendantsH2233, his houseH1004, and his throneH3678, there shall beH1961 peaceH7965 fromH5973 the LORDH3068 foreverH5704H5769.”

34So BenaiahH1141 sonH1121 of JehoiadaH3077 went upH5927, struck down JoabH6293, and killed himH4191. He was buriedH6912 at his own homeH1004 in the wildernessH4057.

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