1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ¹  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ²  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ³ 

1 Kings 2:31-34

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 ⁴  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ⁵  2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁶  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 ⁷  – 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, ⁸  and his dynasty.” ⁹  2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ¹⁰  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[2:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

[2:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[2:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “his throne.”

[2:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.