1 Kings 2:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah though he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and grasped the horns of the altar.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army in the place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

2 Samuel 18:2

And David sent forth the army: one third under the command of Joab; one third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother; and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

1 Kings 1:50

Adonijah, fearing Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 1:7

He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar, and they supported Adonijah.

Exodus 21:14

But if someone willfully attacks and kills another by treachery, you shall take the killer from my altar for execution.

Exodus 27:2

You shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

Deuteronomy 32:35

for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.