1 Rois 2:30

30 Bénaja vint donc au tabernacle de l'Éternel, et il lui dit: Ainsi a dit le roi: Sors de là! Et il dit: Non; mais je mourrai ici. Et Bénaja fit rapport au roi, et dit: Joab m'a parlé ainsi, et il m'a ainsi répondu.

1 Rois 2:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:30

And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord
At Gibeon:

and said unto him;
that is, to Joab:

thus saith the king, come forth;
meaning, out of the tabernacle; which plainly shows that his orders were not to slay him in it:

and he said, nay, but I will die here;
since he must die, he chose to die there; but what was his reason for it is not so clear; the Jews, some of them, say, to save his goods, and that they might come to his heirs, which would have been forfeited to the crown if he had been tried and condemned in a court of judicature; others, that he might be buried with his ancestors, whereas, had he been sentenced to death by the court, he would have been buried in the common place of malefactors; but rather he thought, or at least hoped, he should not die at all; either that, by gaining time, Solomon might be prevailed upon to pardon him; or however that he would not defile that sacred place with his blood; or, if he should die, he chose to die there, as being a sacred place, and so might hope to receive some benefit from it, as to his future state, where sacrifices were offered to atone for sin:

and Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, thus said Joab, and
thus he answered me;
told me he would not come out, and, if he must die, he would die there.

1 Rois 2:30 In-Context

28 Cette nouvelle étant parvenue à Joab (qui s'était révolté pour suivre Adonija, bien qu'il ne se fût point révolté pour suivre Absalom), il s'enfuit au tabernacle de l'Éternel, et il saisit les cornes de l'autel.

29 Et on vint dire au roi Salomon: Joab s'est enfui au tabernacle de l'Éternel, et le voilà près de l'autel. Alors Salomon envoya Bénaja, fils de Jéhojada, et lui dit: Va, jette-toi sur lui.

30 Bénaja vint donc au tabernacle de l'Éternel, et il lui dit: Ainsi a dit le roi: Sors de là! Et il dit: Non; mais je mourrai ici. Et Bénaja fit rapport au roi, et dit: Joab m'a parlé ainsi, et il m'a ainsi répondu.

31 Et le roi lui dit: Fais comme il a dit. Jette-toi sur lui, et l'ensevelis; et tu ôteras de dessus moi et de dessus la maison de mon père le sang que Joab a répandu sans cause.

32 Et l'Éternel fera retomber son sang sur sa tête; car il s'est jeté sur deux hommes plus justes et meilleurs que lui, et il les a tués avec l'épée, sans que David, mon père, en sût rien: Abner, fils de Ner, chef de l'armée d'Israël, et Amasa, fils de Jéther, chef de l'armée de Juda.