1 Kings 2:25

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

1 Kings 2:34

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ³  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. ⁴ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ⁵ 

1 Kings 2:29

2:29 When King Solomon heard ⁶  that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ⁷  “Go, strike him down.”

1 Kings 2:31-32

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 ⁸  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ⁹  2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ¹⁰  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 ¹¹  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

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

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

[2:34]  ³ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:46]  ⁵ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ⁶ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[2:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

[2:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”

[2:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

[2:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ¹² 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.”