BRAGADAYJAH 988

BRAGADAYJAH 988
Solomon ordered the death of Adonijah.
Following upon his vow that Adonijah would be put to death, Solomon ordered Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he fell upon Adonijah and put him to death. And Solomon also ordered Abiathar the priest to go to Anathoth to his own field for although he was worthy of death, he decided not to put him to death at that time, because he was responsible for bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord God during the days of David his father, and because he suffered in all the ways his father David was afflicted. So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. And when then tidings came to Joab since he was a follower of Adonijah even though he had not turned after Absalom.  And Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar. And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled and had taken hold upon the horns of the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah with instructions to go fall on Joab also. And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord and told Joab that in the name of the King he should come out; but Joab refused and said that he was prepared to die where he was. So Benaiah took word to the king concerning Joab’s refusal to emerge from the tabernacle; so King Solomon ordered Benaiah to fall upon him where he was in order that the innocent blood that Joab had shed, would be removed from him and the house of his father David

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