1-kings 2:31
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.
Webster's Revision
And the king said to him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
World English Bible
The king said to him, "Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
Barnes's 1-kings 2:31 Bible Commentary
It was only a murderer to whom the tabernacle was to be no protection (margin reference). Hence, the reference to the "innocent blood."
Wesley's 1-kings 2:31 Bible Commentary
2:31 Do, &c. - Kill him, though he be there; take him from that place, and then kill him: for, Exodus 21:14 , doth not command the ruler to killthe murderer there, but to remove him thence, to take him from the altar,that he may die.