1 Kings 2:34
in 1 Kings 2So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
KJV
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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This verse in 1 Kings 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseSo Benaiah - went up - and slew him - It appears he slew him at the very altar. Joab must have been both old and infirm at this time, and now he bleeds for Abner, he bleeds for Amasa, and he bleeds for Uriah. The two former he murdered; of the blood of the latter he was not innocent; yet he had done the state much service, and they knew it. But he was a murderer, and vengeance would not suffer such to live.
This site's exposition
He was buried at his own home in the wilderness
on 1 Kings 2:34-35
Joab “was buried at his own home in the wilderness”. In the next verse Benaiah takes Joab's place “over the army” and Zadok the priest takes Abiathar's place. Zadok's appointment keeps the promise of 1 Samuel 2:35, a faithful priest who would act by what is in the LORD's heart.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,....
It is not for man to lay the iniquity upon the bones, whatever God does. Solomon pleased himself with this act of justice, not as it gratified any personal revenge, but as it was the fulfilling of his father's orders and a real kindness to himself and his own government. (1.) Guilt was hereby removed,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But the truth is, that the sanctity of the altar was violated as much by the violence used in forcing the criminal from the place as in shedding his blood there; the express command of God authorized the former and therefore by implication permitted the latter. was buried in his own house--or family vault, at his property in the wilderness of Judah.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Retribution overtook Joab on the very scene (Gibeon) of the most treacherous of his murders. It was at the “great stone which is in Gibeon” that Joab killed Amasa 2Sa 20:8-10.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֗עַל | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ | benayahu | Benaiah | H1141 → | 42 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| וַיִּפְגַּע־ | vaiyifga'- | and he fell | H6293 → | 46 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | on him | ||
| וַיְמִתֵ֑הוּ | vaymitehu | and he put to death him | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּבֵית֖וֹ | beveito | in own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
וַיַּ֗עַלand he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙Benaiah
benayahuH1141 →42 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
וַיִּפְגַּע־and he fell
vaiyifga'-H6293 →46 times
בּ֖וֹon him
bo
וַיְמִתֵ֑הוּand he put to death him
vaymitehuH4191 →839 times
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
בְּבֵית֖וֹin own house his
beveitoH1004 →2046 times
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃in the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 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
Matthew 3:1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:3–6
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- John 1:6–8
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
- Luke 1:13–17
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
- Luke 3:1–20
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- Isaiah 40:3–6
Through
1 Kings 2:31And 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.
it leads to
- 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…
- Deuteronomy 21:8–9
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
- Numbers 35:33
Through
1 Kings 2:46Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 1:1
Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
- 2 Chronicles 1:1
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.