1 Kings 2:29-31

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁹ Someone told King Solomon that Joab was at the altar in the Lord’s Tent. So Solomon ordered Benaiah to go and kill him.

³⁰ Benaiah went into the Lord’s Tent and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’”

But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.”

Benaiah went back to the king and told him what Joab had said. ³¹ The king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says! Kill him there and take him out to bury him. Then my family and I will be free of Joab’s guilt from killing innocent people.