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31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family[a] the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.[b]

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  1. 1 Kings 2:31 tn Heb “house.”
  2. 1 Kings 2:31 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

31 Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood(A) that Joab shed.

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