29. Someone told King Solomon that Joab was at the altar in the Lord’S Tent. So Solomon ordered Benaiah to go and kill him.
30. Benaiah went into the Lord’S Tent and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.” Benaiah went back to the king and told him what Joab had said.
31. The king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says! Kill him there and take him out to bury him. Then my family and I will be free of Joab’s guilt from killing innocent people.
32. Joab killed two men who were much better than he was. He killed Abner son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah. He did this without my father’s knowledge. But now the Lord will punish Joab for the men he killed.
33. He and his family will always be guilty for their deaths. But the Lord will bring peace to David, his descendants, his family of kings, and his kingdom forever.”
34. So Benaiah son of Jehoiada killed Joab, and he was buried near his home in the desert.
35. Solomon then made Benaiah son of Jehoiada the commander of the army in Joab’s place. Solomon also made Zadok the new high priest in Abiathar’s place.
36. Next, the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house here in Jerusalem to live in and don’t leave the city.