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 2:30 - 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.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and told Joab, The king commands, Come forth. But Joab said, No, I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the king word again, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. American Standard Version (1901) And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. Common English Bible Benaiah came to the LORD’s tent and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” Joab said, “No! I’d rather die here.” Benaiah sent a report back to the king: “This is what Joab said and how he answered me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and he said to him: "The king says this: 'Come out.' " But he said: "I will not come out. Instead, I will die here." Benaiah sent word back to the king, saying, "Joab said this, and he responded to me in this way." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Banaias came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him: Thus saith the king: Come forth. And he said: I will not come forth, but here I will die. Banaias brought word back to the king, saying: Thus saith Joab, and thus he answered me. |
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! ’
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.
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.