1 Kings 2:30
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Yahuah, and said unto him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, no; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
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28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Yahuah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Yahuah; and, behold, by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Yahuah, and said unto him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, no; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that you mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32 And the Yahuah shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing , Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.