1 Kings 2:34

1 Kings 2:34

32 So the Lord ^awill return his blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous ^band better than he, and killed them with the sword—^cAbner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and ^dAmasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it.

33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and ^aupon the head of his descendants forever. ^bBut upon David and his descendants, upon his house and his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord.”

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put ^aZadok the priest in the place of ^bAbiathar.

Shimei Executed

36 Then the king sent and called for ^aShimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there anywhere.

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SHIMEI PUT TO DEATH. (I Kings 2:34-46)

Benaiah . . . went up, and fell upon him—According to the terms of the statute (Exodus 21:14), and the practice in similar cases (II Kings 11:15), the criminal was to be dragged from the altar and slain elsewhere. 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. His interment was included in the king's order, as enjoined in the divine law (Deuteronomy 21:23).

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