1 Kings 2:31 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:31

And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.

KJV

And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

It was only a murderer to whom the tabernacle was to be no protection (margin reference). Hence, the reference to the “innocent blood.”

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

By returning the innocent blood that had been shed upon the head of him that shed it, it was taken away from him and from the house of his father, which implies that the blood which is not required from the murderer will be required from the magistrate, at least there is danger lest it should.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	to him
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
עֲשֵׂה֙	'a.Seh	do	H6213 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֔ר	di.Ber	he has spoken	H1696 →
וּפְגַע־	u.fe.ga'-	and fall	H6293 →
בּ֖וֹ	bo	on him
וּקְבַרְתּ֑וֹ	u.ke.var.To	and you will bury him	H6912 →
וַהֲסִירֹ֣תָ׀	va.ha.si.Ro.ta	and you will remove	H5493 →
דְּמֵ֣י	de.Mei	blood<s> of	H1818 →
חִנָּ֗ם	chi.Nam	without cause	H2600 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
שָׁפַ֣ךְ	sha.Fakh	he has shed	H8210 →
יוֹאָ֔ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
מֵעָלַ֕י	me.'a.Lai	from on me	H5921 →
וּמֵעַ֖ל	u.me.'Al	and from on	H5921 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
אָבִֽי׃	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 28:17
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
leads to
- Genesis 9:6
  Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 21:14
  But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
- 1 Kings 21:19
  Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where…
Through
Numbers 35:33
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
leads to
- Luke 11:50–51
  As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- Psalms 106:38
  They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- Isaiah 26:21
  For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Hosea 4:2–3
  Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Through
Exodus 21:14
But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:28–34
  When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings