And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head,.... By way of retaliation, blood for blood:
who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he; later named; for though they had been in…
Barnes' Notes
It was only a murderer to whom the tabernacle was to be no protection (margin reference). Hence, the reference to the “innocent blood.”
Abiathar and Joab were both aiding and abetting in Adonijah's rebellious attempt, and it is probable were at the bottom of this new motion made of Adonijah for Abishag, and it should seem Solomon knew…
Cambridge Bible
and bury him The LXX. adds these words to the king's previous order in 1Ki 2:29. Joab was Solomon's cousin, and so though it was a political necessity to put him to death, the king would not care to…
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