1 Kings 2:28
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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
In other translations
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
Hebrew words
וְהַשְּׁמֻעָהvehashemu'ahand the reportH8052בָּאָהba'ahit cameH935עַד־'ad-toH5704יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097כִּיkiforH3588יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097נָטָהnatahhe had turned asideH5186אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310אֲדֹנִיָּה'adoniyahAdonijahH138וְאַחֲרֵיve'achareiand afterH310אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53לֹאlo'notH3808נָטָהnatahhe had turned asideH5186וַיָּנָסvaiyanosand he fledH5127יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097אֶל־'el-toH413אֹהֶל'ohel[the] tent ofH168יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיַּחֲזֵקvaiyachazekand he took holdH2388בְּקַרְנוֹתbekarnoton [the] horns ofH7161הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃hamizbeachthe altarH4196
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 1:7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
- 1 Kings 1:50And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
- 2 Samuel 18:2And David sent forth a third part of the people 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. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
- 2 Samuel 17:25And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
- Deuteronomy 32:35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- 2 Samuel 18:14-1514 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And 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 And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this 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 oak tree. 15 And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
- Exodus 27:2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
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