1 Kings 2:31
in 1 Kings 2And 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.”
This site's exposition
the innocent blood that Joab shed
on 1 Kings 2:31-33
Innocent blood shed by Joab must be removed from David's house, the principle Deuteronomy 21:1-9 sets over even an unsolved killing found in the land. Verse 33 balances the two houses, Joab's blood on his own head and his seed forever, David's house given peace forever from the Lord.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
And the king said unto him, do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him,.... Let him die where he is, slay him upon the spot, and then bury him; not by the altar, but in his own sepulchre, as later related, that in, give orders to bury him there; for Benaiah being a priest, could not be concerned in the burial of him, and besides it was below the dignity of his office: (, 1Ch 27:2 where Gill advances resaons for Benaiah not being a priest.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עֲשֵׂה֙ | ʾaseh | do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֔ר | diber | he has spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| וּפְגַע־ | ufega'- | and fall | H6293 → | 46 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | on him | ||
| וּקְבַרְתּ֑וֹ | ukevarto | and you will bury him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| וַהֲסִירֹ֣תָ׀ | vahasirota | and you will remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| דְּמֵ֣י | demei | blood<s> of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| חִנָּ֗ם | chinam | without cause | H2600 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁפַ֣ךְ | shafakh | he has shed | H8210 → | 114 times |
| יוֹאָ֔ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| מֵעָלַ֕י | mealai | from on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וּמֵעַ֖ל | umeal | and from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָבִֽי׃ | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיֹּ֧אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
ל֣וֹto him
lo
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
עֲשֵׂה֙do
ʾasehH6213 →2628 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֔רhe has spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
וּפְגַע־and fall
ufega'-H6293 →46 times
בּ֖וֹon him
bo
וּקְבַרְתּ֑וֹand you will bury him
ukevartoH6912 →133 times
וַהֲסִירֹ֣תָ׀and you will remove
vahasirotaH5493 →299 times
דְּמֵ֣יblood<s> of
demeiH1818 →360 times
חִנָּ֗םwithout cause
chinamH2600 →
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁפַ֣ךְhe has shed
shafakhH8210 →114 times
יוֹאָ֔בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
מֵעָלַ֕יfrom on me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
וּמֵעַ֖לand from on
umealH5921 →5755 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אָבִֽי׃father my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
it 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 separate 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…
- Genesis 9:6
Through
Numbers 35:33Do 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…
it 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.
- Luke 11:50–51
Through
Exodus 21:14But 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.
it 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.
- 1 Kings 2:28–34
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.