24. The Lord has firmly established me on the throne of my father David; he has kept his promise and given the kingdom to me and my descendants. I swear by the living Lord that Adonijah will die this very day!”
25. So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah, who went out and killed Adonijah.
26. Then King Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to your country home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not have you put to death now, for you were in charge of the Lord's Covenant Box while you were with my father David, and you shared in all his troubles.”
27. Then Solomon dismissed Abiathar from serving as a priest of the Lord, and so he made what the Lord had said in Shiloh about the priest Eli and his descendants come true.
28. Joab heard what had happened. (He had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom.) So he fled to the Tent of the Lord's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.
29. When the news reached King Solomon that Joab had fled to the Tent and was by the altar, Solomon sent a messenger to Joab to ask him why he had fled to the altar. Joab answered that he had fled to the Lord because he was afraid of Solomon. So King Solomon sent Benaiah to kill Joab.
30. He went to the Tent of the Lord's presence and said to Joab, “The king orders you to come out.”“No,” Joab answered. “I will die here.”Benaiah went back to the king and told him what Joab had said.
31. “Do what Joab says,” Solomon answered. “Kill him and bury him. Then neither I nor any other of David's descendants will any longer be held responsible for what Joab did when he killed innocent men.