1 Kings 2:28-30

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²⁸ Joab had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom. But when Joab heard what happened to Abiathar, he was frightened and ran to the tent of the Lord to hold onto the horns of the altar. 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.