1 Kings 2:34

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So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 15:61 : 61 These cities were in the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
  • 1 Kgs 2:25 : 25 King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.
  • Matt 3:1 : 1 The Ministry of John the Baptist In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
  • 1 Kgs 2:31 : 31 The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.
  • 1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.
  • 2 Kgs 21:18 : 18 Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.
  • 2 Chr 33:20 : 20 Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:24-25
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    24Now, as certainly as the LORD lives(he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

    25King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

  • 1 Kgs 2:29-33
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    29When King Solomon heard that Joab had run to the tent of the LORD and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada,“Go, strike him down.”

    30When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the LORD, he said to him,“The king says,‘Come out!’” But he replied,“No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply.

    31The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.

    32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

    33May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the LORD give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:46
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    46The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 2:35
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    35The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
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    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

  • 2 Kgs 12:21
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    21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.

  • 2 Chr 24:25
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    25When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 2 Sam 4:7-8
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    7They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head. Taking his head, they traveled on the way of the rift valley all that night.

    8They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king,“Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!”

  • 1 Chr 11:22-24
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    22Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab; he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day.

    23He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

    24Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

  • 1 Sam 26:10
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    10David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

  • 2 Sam 23:20-22
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    20Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

    21He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

    22Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.

  • 2 Chr 24:16
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    16He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

  • 2 Sam 4:11-12
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    11Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

    12So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
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    34Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.

  • 2 Sam 1:10
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    10So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn’t live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord.”

  • 2 Sam 3:26-27
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    26Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah.(But David was not aware of it.)

    27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

  • 2 Sam 16:9
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    9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king,“Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

  • 1 Kgs 2:10
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    10Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David.

  • 2 Kgs 14:5
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    5When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6
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    5“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.

    6Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
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    8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the LORD,‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

  • 1 Chr 20:7
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    7When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

  • 1 Kgs 4:4
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    4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army.Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

  • 2 Kgs 11:16
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    16They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.

  • 2 Sam 20:23
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    23Now Joab was the general in command of all the army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and the Perethites.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
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    15They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

  • 1 Chr 18:17
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    17Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were the king’s leading officials.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

  • 2 Sam 21:21
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    21When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

  • 2 Sam 20:10
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    10Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

  • 2 Chr 25:3
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    3When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
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    14Joab replied,“I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.

    15Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
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    37So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him.