1 Kings 2:28

New American Bible - revised edition

When the news came to Joab, since he had sided with Adonijah, though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and clung to the horns of the altar.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of an Ishmaelite named Ithra, who had married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.

2 Samuel 18:2

David then divided the troops three ways, a third under Joab, a third under Abishai, son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, “I intend to go out with you myself.”

1 Kings 1:50

but Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 1:7

He consulted with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they became Adonijah’s supporters.

Exodus 21:14

But when someone kills a neighbor after maliciously scheming to do so, you must take him even from my altar and put him to death.

Exodus 27:2

At the four corners make horns that are of one piece with the altar. You shall then plate it with bronze.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine and recompense, for the time they lose their footing; Because the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom is rushing upon them!