1 Kings 2:29-31

Expanded Bible

²⁹ Someone told King Solomon that Joab had run to the Tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah to go and kill him.

³⁰ Benaiah went into the Tent of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’”

But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.”

So Benaiah went back to the king and told him what Joab had said. ³¹ Then the king ordered Benaiah, “Do as he says! Kill him there and bury him. Then my ·family [^Lfather’s house] and I will ·be free of the guilt of Joab, who has killed innocent people [^Lhave taken away the blood Joab shed without cause].