1 Kings 2:27–36

²⁷So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, in order to fulfill ^athe word of the Lord, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

Joab Executed

²⁸Now the news came to Joab, ^afor Joab had followed Adonijah, ^balthough he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and ^ctook hold of the horns of the altar.

²⁹It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon ^asent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “^bGo, fall upon him.”

³⁰So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “Thus the king has said, ‘Come out.’ ” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me.”

³¹The king said to him, “^aDo as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, ^bthat you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

³²“^aThe Lord will return his blood on his own head, ^bbecause he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: ^cAbner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and ^dAmasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

³³“^aSo shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his ¹descendants forever; but to David and his descendants and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord forever.”

³⁴Then ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house ^bin the wilderness.

^35aThe king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed ^bZadok the priest ^cin the place of Abiathar.

Shimei Executed

³⁶Now the king sent and called for ^aShimei and said to him, “Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.