1Ki 2:28-34 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now the news came to Joab because Joab had followed Adonijah , though he had not followed Absalom . So Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar .

1 Kings 2:28-34

Joab Executed

28 Now the news came to Joab ^abecause Joab had followed Adonijah, ^bthough he had not followed Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and ^ctook hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was reported to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord, and ^{▼▼Lit behold, beside}was beside the altar. Then Solomon ^esent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “ ^fGo, ^{▼▼Lit attack}execute him.” 30 So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “This is what the king has said: ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” So Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “This is what Joab spoke, and so he answered me.” 31 And the king said to him, “ ^hDo just as he has spoken, and ^{▼▼Lit attack}execute him and bury him, ^jso that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without ^{▼▼Or cause}justification. 32 ^lThe Lord will return his blood on his own head, ^mbecause he ^{▼▼Lit attacked}struck two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know about it: ^oAbner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and ^pAmasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. 33 ^qSo their blood shall return on the head of Joab and on the head of his ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants forever; but for David and his ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants, and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord forever.” 34 Then ^tBenaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and ^{▼▼Lit attacked}struck him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house ^vin the wilderness.