1 Kings 2:29–34

²⁹And 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. ³⁰And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. ³¹And the king said unto him, ^wDo as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; ^xthat thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. ³²And the Lord ^yshall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and ^zbetter than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, ^aAbner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and ^bAmasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. ³³Their blood shall therefore return ^cupon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. ³⁴So ^dBenaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried ^ein his own house in the wilderness.