Discovery Box1 Kings 2:31-34 
Context2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family 1 the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 2 2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; 3 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 4 – 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, 5 and his dynasty.” 6 2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; 7 he was buried at his home in the wilderness.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”
3 tn Heb “The
4 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.”
5 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “his throne.”
7 tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
