1 Kings 2:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:7 : 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
  • 1 Kgs 1:50 : 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and grasped the horns of the altar.
  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 And David sent a third of the people under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go out with you myself also.
  • 2 Sam 18:14-15 : 14 Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
  • Exod 27:2 : 2 And you shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belong vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • 2 Sam 17:25 : 25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab: Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:29-32
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    29And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.

    30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

    32And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, 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 who were with Adonijah were afraid, and they rose up and went every man his own way.

    50And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and grasped the horns of the altar.

    51And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for lo, he has grasped the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

  • 2 Sam 14:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

    22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26-27
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    72%

    26And to Abiathar the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are deserving of death, but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.

    27So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
    72%

    29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7
    72%

    7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

  • 2 Sam 18:13-16
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    71%

    13Otherwise I should have acted falsely against my own life: for nothing is hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.

    14Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.

    15And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

    16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.

  • 1 Sam 22:20-21
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    71%

    20And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

    21And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the LORD'S priests.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    71%

    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

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

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

    32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why did I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to still be there: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

    33So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
    70%

    24Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 1:41
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    41And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is the city in such an uproar?

  • 1 Chr 19:15
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    15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
    69%

    30And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

  • 1 Kgs 1:19
    69%

    19And he has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not called.

  • 1 Kgs 1:25
    69%

    25For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah.

  • 2 Sam 2:28
    68%

    28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued Israel no more, neither did they fight anymore.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    68%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    68%

    5Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    68%

    34But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    68%

    26And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

  • 2 Sam 10:13-14
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    68%

    13And Joab drew near, and the people who were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

    14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
    68%

    6And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    68%

    18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    68%

    1And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
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    22So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him.

  • 2 Sam 18:19
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    19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run, and bear the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 2:24
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    24Joab also and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, that is before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5And Joab came into the house to the king and said, You have shamed today the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

  • 2 Sam 2:21-22
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    67%

    21And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men, and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

  • 1 Kgs 1:13
    67%

    13Go and approach King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.