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28 The news reached Joab. (He had supported Adonijah, although he hadn’t supported Absalom.) So Joab fled to Yahweh’s tent and clung to the horns of the altar. 29 After King Solomon heard that Joab had fled to the altar in the tent of Yahweh, Solomon sent Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, to kill Joab.

30 When Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh, he told Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out.’”

“No,” Joab answered, “I’ll die here.”

So Benaiah reported to the king what Joab had said and how he had answered.

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