³⁰ So Benaiah entered the tent^(A) of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!^(B)’”

But he answered, “No, I will die here.”

Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.”

³¹ Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood^(A) that Joab shed.