1Ki 2:31-32, 34, 46 | ESV | STEP | The king replied to him, Do as he has said , strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

1 Kings 2:31-32

31 The king replied to him, ^a“Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, ^band thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause. 32 The Lord will ^cbring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men ^dmore righteous and better than himself, ^eAbner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and ^fAmasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 2:34

34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:46

46 Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died.

^gSo the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.