1 Kings 2:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:7 : 7 And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.
  • 1 Kgs 1:50 : 50 And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.
  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.
  • 2 Sam 18:14-15 : 14 Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree. 15 And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.
  • Exod 27:2 : 2 Put horns at the four angles of it, made of the same, plating it all with brass.
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.
  • 2 Sam 17:25 : 25 And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:29-32
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    29And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.

    30And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.

    31And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

    32And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 1:49-51
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    49And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.

    50And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.

    51And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

  • 2 Sam 14:21-23
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    21And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

    22Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant.

    23So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26-27
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    26And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.

    27So Solomon let Abiathar be priest no longer, so that he might make the word of the Lord come true which he said about the sons of Eli in Shiloh.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
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    29Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7
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    7And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

  • 2 Sam 18:13-16
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    13And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.

    14Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

    15And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

    16And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

  • 1 Sam 22:20-21
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    20And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

    21And gave him the news of how Saul had put to death the Lord's priests.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
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    34After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 2 Sam 14:31-33
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    31Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?

    32And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

    33So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
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    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 1:41
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    41And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?

  • 1 Chr 19:15
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    15And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.

  • 1 Kgs 1:19
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    19And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 1:25
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    25Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!

  • 2 Sam 2:28
    68%

    28So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
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    5Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    68%

    34But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
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    26And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

  • 2 Sam 10:13-14
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    13Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    14And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
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    6Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
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    18Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:

  • 2 Sam 19:1
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    1And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
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    22So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?

  • 2 Sam 18:19
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    19Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.

  • 2 Sam 2:24
    68%

    24But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
    68%

    5And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

  • 2 Sam 2:21-22
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    21And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

    22Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 1:13
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    13Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!