nkjv 1Kings:2:29-34 SEEK
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And King Solomon was told , "
Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the LORD ;
there he is ,
by the altar ."
Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
saying , "
Go ,
strike him down ."
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So Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the LORD ,
and said to him , "
Thus says the king , "
Come out !"'
And he said , "
No ,
but I will die here ."
And Benaiah brought back word to the king ,
saying , "
Thus said Joab ,
and thus he answered me ."
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Then the king said to him , "
Do as he has said ,
and strike him down and bury him ,
that you may take away from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood which Joab shed .
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So the LORD will return his blood on his head ,
because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he ,
and killed them with the sword--Abner the son of Ner ,
the commander of the army of Israel ,
and Amasa the son of Jether ,
the commander of the army of Judah--though my father David did not know it .
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Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever .
But upon David and his descendants ,
upon his house and his throne ,
there shall be peace forever from the LORD ."
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So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him ;
and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness .