David heard about it later and said, ‘I and my kingdom are for ever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
1 Kings 2:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king said to him, Do as he has said. Strike him down and bury him, that you may take away from [me and from] my father's house the innocent blood which Joab shed. American Standard Version (1901) And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house. Common English Bible The king said to him, “Do as he said. Attack him and then bury him. In doing this, you will remove from me and from my father’s royal house the guilt over the innocent blood that Joab shed. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said to him, "Do just as he has said. And put him to death, and bury him. And so shall you take away the innocent blood, which was shed by Joab, from me and from my father's house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said to him: Do as he hath said: and kill him, and bury him. And thou shalt remove the innocent blood which hath been shed by Joab, from me, and from the house of my father. |
David heard about it later and said, ‘I and my kingdom are for ever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.’
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.’
“As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“so will I repay you on this plot of land” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. So now, according to the word of the Lord, pick him up and throw him on the plot of land.’
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.
Someone burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.
‘Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.’