1 Kings 2:25

2:25 King Solomon then sent ¹  Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. ² 

1 Kings 2:29-34

2:29 When King Solomon heard ³  that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ⁴  “Go, strike him down.” 2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ⁵  2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family ⁶  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ⁷  2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁸  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ⁹  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. 2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ¹⁰  and his dynasty.” ¹¹  2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ¹²  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ¹³ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ¹⁴ 

[2:25]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”

[2:25]  ² tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”

[2:29]  ³ tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

[2:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”

[2:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

[2:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

[2:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

[2:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house.”

[2:33]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his throne.”

[2:34]  ¹² tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:46]  ¹³ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ¹⁴ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”