Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Joab had

1 Kings 1:7
He conspired with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. They supported Adonijah,
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay.
In time their foot will slip,
for their day of disaster is near,
and their doom is coming quickly.”
2 Samuel 18:2
He then 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. The king said to the troops, “I will also march out with you.”

Caught

1 Kings 1:50
Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
Exodus 27:2
Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze.

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