Verse 29
1 Kings 2:29
GOD'S WORD Translation
29
King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to Yahweh’s Tent, and behold, he is by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֻּגַּ֞ד לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה כִּ֣י נָ֤ס יוֹאָב֙ אֶל אֹ֣הֶל יְהוָ֔ה וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣צֶל הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֨ח שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת בְּנָיָ֧הוּ בֶן יְהוֹיָדָ֛ע לֵ/אמֹ֖ר לֵ֥ךְ פְּגַע בּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And it was reported to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, strike him."
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Chapter 2 Context
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Now the days of David came near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
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“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
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and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God (Elohim), to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his...
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Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are caref...
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“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains...
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Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
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But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at you...
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“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a g...
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Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to...
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David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
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The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he r...
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Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.
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13
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come pea...
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He said moreover, I have something to tell you.”
She said, “Say on.”
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He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I shou...
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Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.”
She said to him, “Say on.”
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He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag...
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Bathsheba said, “Alright. I will speak for you to the king.”
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Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her...
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Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.”
The king said to her, “Ask on, my m...
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She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
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King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him t...
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Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God (Elohim) do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has...
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Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on my father David’s throne, and w...
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King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
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To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of dea...
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So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill Yahweh’s word, whi...
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This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled...
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King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to Yahweh’s Tent, and behold, he is by the altar.” Then Solomo...
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Benaiah came to Yahweh’s Tent, and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come out!’”
He said, “No; but...
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The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the...
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Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better t...
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So their blood will return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his offspring forever. But for Da...
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Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his o...
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The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the prie...
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The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live...
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For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die....
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Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant d...
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At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. T...
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Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his slaves; and Shimei went, a...
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41
Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.
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The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you,...
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Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”...
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The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David m...
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But king Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established before Yahweh forever.”
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died...
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