1 Kings 2:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the 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 the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

1 Kings 1:50

And Adonijah feared Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 1:7

He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Exodus 27:2

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

Deuteronomy 32:35

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