34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.


In Context

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.

32 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

33 So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Yahweh.|

34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the place of Abiathar.

36 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, |Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go out from there anywhere.

1 Kings 2:34 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried on his own land in the desert.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:34So Banaias the son of Joiada went up, and setting upon him slew him, and he was buried in his house in the desert.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:34And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him, and put him to death; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:34And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goeth up and falleth upon him, and putteth him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.