1 Kings 2: 28

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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
KINGS
COMMONLY CALLED
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS

CHAPTER 2

28 ¶ Then tidings came to ^aJoab: for Joab had turned after ^bAdonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the ^chorns of the altar.

Footnotes

28a	2 Sam. 17: 25. 25 ¶ And Absalom made ^aAmasa captain of the host instead of ^bJoab: 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.
b	1 Kgs. 1: 7. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with ^aAbiathar the priest: and they following ^bAdonijah helped him.
c	Ex. 21: 13 (13-14). 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a ^aplace whither he shall ^bflee. 1 Kgs. 1: 50. 50 ¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the ^ahorns of the altar.