Verse 28

The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 1:7 : 7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
• 1 Kgs 1:50 : 50 Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
• 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, "I will surely go forth with you myself also."
• 2 Sam 18:14-15 : 14 Then Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like this with you." He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 Ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
• Exod 27:2 : 2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
• Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make haste."
• 2 Sam 17:25 : 25 Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.