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.”
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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.”
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And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
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And it was told king Solomon: 'Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar.' Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying: 'Go, fall upon him.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 2:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 2:25 King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.
- Exodus 21:14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
- 1 Kings 2:31 The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
- 1 Kings 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
- Ezekiel 9:6 Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
- 1 Peter 4:17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God?
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thinking to be saved by the holiness of the…
Thinking to be saved by the holiness of the place.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:29 And it was told king Solomon that…
1Ki 2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
Ver. 29. Go, fall upon him.] Wilful murderers were to be drawn from the altar to the slaughter. {Exo 21:14}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, if he will not come thence, as…
To wit, if he will not come thence, as I foresee he will not.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord,....…
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord,.... At Gibeon:
and said unto him; that is, to Joab:
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thus saith the king, come forth; meaning, out of the tabernacle; which plainly shows that his orders were not to slay him in it:
and he said, nay, but I will die here; since he must die, he chose to die there; but what was his reason for it is not so clear; the Jews, some of them, say, to save his goods, and that they might come to his heirs, which would have been forfeited to the crown if he had been tried and condemned in a court of judicature; others, that he might be buried with his ancestors, whereas, had he been sentenced to death by the court, he would have been buried in the common place of malefactors; but rather he thought, or at least hoped, he should not die at all; either that, by gaining time, Solomon might be prevailed upon to pardon him; or however that he would not defile that sacred place with his blood; or, if he should die, he chose to die there, as being a sacred place, and so might hope to receive some benefit from it, as to his future state, where sacrifices were offered to atone for sin:
and Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, thus said Joab, and thus he answered me; told me he would not come out, and, if he must die, he would die there.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:29-30. Go, fall upon him — Namely if…
1Ki 2:29-30. Go, fall upon him — Namely if he will not come out from thence, as I foresee he will not. Thus saith the king, Come forth — That the king gave this command, though it be not mentioned before, is evident, both from the nature of the thing, for Solomon would not pollute the altar without necessity, and from Benaiah’s affirmation of it; for why should he tell a lie without a cause? It appears, also, from his returning to the king for new orders, upon Joab’s resolution not to come out thence, He said, Nay, but I will die here — For he supposed, either that Solomon would not defile that place with his blood, but would spare him for his respect to it, as he had done Adonijah; or, he had a superstitious conceit, that his dying there might give his guilty and miserable soul some advantage.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. he is by the altar] The LXX. has…
29. he is by the altar] The LXX. has ‘he has taken hold of the horns of the altar’, after which that version adds ‘And Solomon the king sent to Joab, saying, What has happened to thee that thou hast fled to the altar? And Joab said, Because I was afraid of thee, and fled unto the Lord.’ These words seem merely an expansion of the narrative, and we need not suppose that they represent a lost clause of the Hebrew.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And it was told king Solomon that Joab was…
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. The LXX here inserts, And Solomon the king sent to Joab, saying, What has happened thee, that thou art fled to the altar? And Joab said, Because I feared before thee, and I fled to the Lord. This is only a gloss, but it is an instructive one. It shows that the author regarded Joab"s flight as betraying a guilty conscience. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. The LXX adds, and bury him.
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