29It was told king Solomon, |Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar.| Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, |Go, fall on him.|


In Context

26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, |Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.|

27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

29 It was told king Solomon, |Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar.| Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, |Go, fall on him.|

30 Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, |Thus says the king, 'Come forth!'| He said, |No; but I will die here.| Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, |Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.|

31 The king said to him, |Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

1 Kings 2:29 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:29King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, "Go, strike him down!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told king Solomon, that Joab was fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the altar: and Solomon sent Banaias the son of Joiada, saying: Go, kill him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told to king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:29And it is declared to king Solomon that Joab hath fled unto the tent of Jehovah, and lo, near the altar; and Solomon sendeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, 'Go, fall upon him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.