1 Kings 2:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁴ Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him, and he was buried at his own house near the wilderness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed Joab, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Common English Bible

³⁴ So Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son, went and attacked Joab and killed him. Joab was buried at his home in the wilderness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And so Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and, attacking him, put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the desert.

1 Kings 2:34 Cross References

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,

1 Kings 2:25

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

Joshua 15:61

In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

2 Chronicles 33:20

So Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in his house. His son Amon succeeded him.

2 Kings 21:18

Manasseh slept with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him.

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.

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.

Judges 15:12

They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” Samson answered them, “Swear to me that you yourselves will not attack me.”