1 Kings 2:33 meaning and explanation

Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”

1 Kings 2:33, Berean Standard Bible

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These are King Solomon's words as he orders the execution of Joab, his father David's longtime army commander. Joab had murdered two rival generals, Abner and Amasa, in peacetime, and Solomon frames his death as the just return of that blood on Joab's own head.

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