25 So King Solomon sent by the hand of ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.  ‡

26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to ^aAnathoth, to your own fields, for¹ you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, ^bbecause you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.”  ‡

28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab ^ahad defected to Adonijah, though he had not defected to Absalom. So Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and ^btook hold of the horns of the altar.  ‡

29 And King Solomon was told, “Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; there he is, by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, ^astrike him down.”  ‡