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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 2:31 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 2:31 |
Strong Concordance |
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Do [06213] as he hath said [01696], and fall [06293] upon him, and bury [06912] him; that thou mayest take away [05493] the innocent [02600] blood [01818], which Joab [03097] shed [08210], from me, and from the house [01004] of my father [01]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| It was only a murderer to whom the tabernacle was to be no protection (margin reference). Hence, the reference to the "innocent blood." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Do, &c. - Kill him, though he be there; take him from that place, and then kill him: for, Exo 21:14, doth not command the ruler to kill the murderer there, but to remove him thence, to take him from the altar, that he may die. |
14 But if a man [0376] come presumptuously [02102] upon his neighbour [07453], to slay [02026] him with guile [06195]; thou shalt take [03947] him from mine altar [04196], that he may die [04191].