1 Kings 2:29

Modern English Version

King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go and execute him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Kerethites and Pelethites. The sons of David were chief ministers.

1 Kings 2:25

So King Solomon dispatched Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he executed him.

1 Kings 2:30

So Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come forth.’ ” And he said, “No, I will die here.” And Benaiah told the king all Joab said.

1 Kings 2:31

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

1 Kings 2:46

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, who went out and attacked him so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man willfully comes upon his neighbor in order to kill him cunningly, then you must take him from My altar, that he may die.

Proverbs 28:17

If a man is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.

Ezekiel 9:6

Utterly slay old and young, both maidens and little children, and women. But do not touch any man on whom is the mark. And begin at My sanctuary.” Then they began with the elders who were before the temple.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God, and if it begins first with us, what shall the end be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?