# General Information: Benaiah kills Joab and becomes the commander of King Solomon's army. # He was buried in his own house This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "They buried Joab in his own house" # in his own house The house is a metonym for the land on which the house stood. The Israelites buried people out of doors in graves or tombs. Alternate translation: "where his family lived" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])