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Now the news came to Joab ^(C1)because Joab had followed Adonijah, ^(C2)though he had not followed Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and ^(C3)took hold of the horns of the altar.

And it was reported to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD, and ^(F1)was beside the altar. Then Solomon ^(C1)sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "^(C2)Go, ^(F2)execute him."

So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, "This is what the king has said: 'Come out.'" But he said, "No, for I will die here." So Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, "This is what Joab spoke, and so he answered me."

And the king said to him, "^(C1)Do just as he has spoken, and ^(F1)execute him and bury him, ^(C2)so that you may remove from me and from my father's house the blood which Joab shed without ^(F2)justification.