1 Kings 2:30

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

Cross References

1 Kings 2:29

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! ’

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.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah son of Jehoiada  was the son of a brave man  from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab,  and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.