Discovery Box1 Kings 2:29-34 
Context2:29 When King Solomon heard 1 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 2 “Go, strike him down.” 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. 3 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 2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; 6 behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he 7 – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. 2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, 8 and his dynasty.” 9 2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; 10 he was buried at his home in the wilderness.
1 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
2 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
3 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
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.”
6 tn Heb “The
7 tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”
8 tn Heb “house.”
9 tn Heb “his throne.”
10 tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
