Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 2:30

30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth . And he said, Nay, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

That the King gave him this Command, though it be not mentioned before, is evident, both from the nature of the thing; for Solomon would not pollute the Altar without necessity; and from Benaiah's Affirmation of it; for why should he tell a lye without a cause? and from his return to the King for new [illegible: 1 word] upon Ioab's Resolution not to come thence.

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