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1 Kings 2:31-33
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Kings 2:31-33
1599 Geneva Bible
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and [a]smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed causeless, from me, and from the house of my father.
32 And the Lord shall bring his blood upon his own head, for he smote two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not: to wit, (A)Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and (B)Amasa the son of Jether captain of the host of Judah.
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the [b]head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace forever from the Lord.
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- 1 Kings 2:31 For it was lawful to take the willful murderer from the altar, Exod. 21:14.
- 1 Kings 2:33 Joab shall be justly punished for the blood that he hath cruelly shed.
1 Kings 2:31-33
New International Version
1 Kings 2:31-33
New International Version
31 Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood(A) that Joab shed. 32 The Lord will repay(B) him for the blood he shed,(C) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(D) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(E) men and more upright than he. 33 May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”
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