1 Kings 2:30

2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply.

1 Kings 2:34-35

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness. 2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place.


tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “over.”

tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.