1 Kings 2:28-30
Legacy Standard Bible
Joab Put to Death
28 Now the news came to Joab, (A)for Joab had followed Adonijah, (B)although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and (C)took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon (D)sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “(E)Go, fall upon him.” 30 So Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh and said to him, “Thus the king has said, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me.”
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