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1 Kings 2:29-31
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1 Kings 2:29-31
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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 [L father’s house] and I will ·be free of the guilt of Joab, who has killed innocent people [L have taken away the blood Joab shed without cause].
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1 Kings 2:29-31
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1 Kings 2:29-31
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29 King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar.(A) Then Solomon ordered Benaiah(B) son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”
30 So Benaiah entered the tent(C) of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!(D)’”
But he answered, “No, I will die here.”
Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.”
31 Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood(E) that Joab shed.
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