1 Kings 2:9

2:9 But now ¹  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ²  make sure he has a bloody death.” ³ 

1 Kings 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family ⁴  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ⁵ 

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¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

² tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

³ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

⁴ tn Heb “house.”

⁵ tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”