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1 Kings 2:29

in 1 Kings 2

It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And 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.

KJV

And 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.

This verse in 1 Kings 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

took hold of the horns of the altar

on 1 Kings 2:28-30

Joab, “who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom”, flees at the news and “took hold of the horns of the altar”. Exodus 21:14 denies that refuge to a man guilty of deliberate murder. Benaiah brings the order to come out, and Joab answers, “No, I will die here”.

This site's exposition

is now beside the altar

Solomon sends Benaiah to strike Joab at once. Adam Clarke notes that altars were so sacred among all peoples that even the worst man usually found safety at one. The abuse led at last to the rule that the guilty must die even at the altar.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And it was told King Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord,....

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֻּגַּ֞דand it was told

    vaiyugadH5046 →370 times

  • לַמֶּ֣לֶךְto the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֗הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • כִּ֣יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • נָ֤סhe had fled

    nasH5127 →159 times

  • יוֹאָב֙Joab

    yoavH3097 →144 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of

    ʾohelH168 →345 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֖הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • אֵ֣צֶל[he was] beside

    ʾetzelH681 →61 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֜הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנָיָ֧הוּBenaiah

    benayahuH1141 →42 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוֹיָדָ֛עJehoiada

    yehoyada'H3077 →51 times

  • לֵאמֹ֖ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • לֵ֥ךְgo

    lekhH1980 →1546 times

  • פְּגַע־fall

    pega'-H6293 →46 times

  • בּֽוֹ׃on him

    bo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Peter 4:17

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 25:29

      For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Romans 2:9

      There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

    • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

      in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

    • Ezekiel 9:6

      Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders…

    • 1 Peter 2:8

      and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 9:6

    Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 9:4

      They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

    • Exodus 12:23

      When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow…

    • 2 Timothy 2:19

      Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.