dSee 1 Kgs. 2:28-34
ySee Judg. 9:24
Exodus 21:12-14
12 a“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 bBut if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then cI will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, dyou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.Exodus 22:2-3
2 ▼▼Ch 22:1 in Hebrew
If a thief is found fbreaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, 3but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then ghe shall be sold for his theft. Leviticus 17:4
4and hdoes not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man ishall be cut off from among his people.Leviticus 24:17
An Eye for an Eye
17 j“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.Numbers 35:25
25And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it kuntil the death of the high priest lwho was anointed with the holy oil.1 Kings 2:5-6
5“Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah mdid to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, nAbner the son of Ner, oand Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew placing
in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war ▼▼Septuagint innocent blood
on the belt around his ▼▼Septuagint my; twice in this verse
waist and on the sandals on his feet. 6Act therefore saccording to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. 1 Kings 2:28-34
28When the news came to Joab—for Joab thad supported Adonijah although uhe had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the vhorns of the altar. 29And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.” 30So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.” 31The king replied to him, w“Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, xand thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause. 32The Lord will ybring 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 zmore righteous and better than himself, aaAbner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and abAmasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. 33 acSo shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.” 34Then 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.
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