1 Kings 2:5
Context2:5 “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 3:19
Context3:19 This woman’s child suffocated 4 during the night when she rolled 5 on top of him.
1 Kings 4:2
Context4:2 These were his officials:
Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.
1 Kings 16:32
Context16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.


[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.