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1 Kings 2:30-32
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30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply.[a] 31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family[b] the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.[c] 32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed;[d] behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he[e]—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

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  1. 1 Kings 2:30 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
  2. 1 Kings 2:31 tn Heb “house.”
  3. 1 Kings 2:31 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”
  4. 1 Kings 2:32 tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”
  5. 1 Kings 2:32 tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”
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