34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
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.
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-34)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 it, 1 Kgs. 2:22. This was, in both, an intolerable affront both to God and to the government, and the worse because of their high station and the great influence their examples might have upon many.…
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