1 Kings 2:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ When it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord and now is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was at the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

Common English Bible

²⁹ King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the LORD’s tent and was now beside the altar. So Solomon sent Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son, instructing him, “Go. Attack Joab!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And it was reported to king Solomon that Joab had fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and that he was beside the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, put him to death."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And it was told king Solomon, that Joab was fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the altar. And Solomon sent Banaias the son of Joiada, saying: Go, kill him.

1 Kings 2:29 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

1 Kings 2:25

So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck him down, and he died.

1 Kings 2:30

So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’ ” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

1 Kings 2:31

The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Exodus 21:14

But if someone willfully attacks and kills another by treachery, you shall take the killer from my altar for execution.

Proverbs 28:17

If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance.

Ezekiel 9:6

Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who do not obey the gospel of God?