1 Kings 2:29

New American Bible - revised edition

King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord and is by the altar.” He sent Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, with the order, “Go, strike him down.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

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

1 Kings 2:25

Then King Solomon sent Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, who struck him dead.

1 Kings 2:30

Benaiah went to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out.’” But he answered, “No! I will die here.” Benaiah reported to the king, “This is what Joab said to me in reply.”

1 Kings 2:31

The king answered him: “Do as he has said. Strike him down and bury him, and remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without provocation.

1 Kings 2:46

The king then gave the order to Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, who went out and struck him dead. And the royal power was established in Solomon’s hand.

Exodus 21:14

But when someone kills a neighbor after maliciously scheming to do so, you must take him even from my altar and put him to death.

Proverbs 28:17

Though a person burdened with blood guilt is in flight even to the grave, let no one offer support.

Ezekiel 9:6

Old and young, male and female, women and children—wipe them out! But do not touch anyone marked with the X. Begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

1 Peter 4:17

For it is time for the judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, how will it end for those who fail to obey the gospel of God?