1 Kings 2:29

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

It was reported to King Solomon, ‘Joab has fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and is now beside the altar.’ Then Solomon sent  Benaiah son of Jehoiada  and told him, ‘Go and strike him down! ’

Cross References

1 Kings 2:25

Then King Solomon dispatched Benaiah son of Jehoiada,  who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

Exodus 21:14

If a person schemes and wilfully  acts against his neighbour to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgement  to begin with God’s household,  and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

Ezekiel 9:6

Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women,  but do not come near anyone who has the mark.  Begin at my sanctuary.’  So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

1 Kings 2:46

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

1 Kings 2:31

The king said to him, ‘Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s family the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

2 Samuel 8:18

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

1 Kings 2:30

So Benaiah went to the tabernacle and said to Joab, ‘This is what the king says: “Come out! ” ’ But Joab said, ‘No, for I will die here.’ So Benaiah took a message back to the king, ‘This is what Joab said, and this is how he answered me.’

Proverbs 28:17

Someone burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.