²⁷ And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you ^(A)kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’”

²⁸ And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.

²⁵ So King Solomon sent ^(A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.

³⁴ Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

⁴⁶ Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died.

^(A)So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

² He killed ^(A)James the brother of John ^(B)with the sword,