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
And he communed with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they helped Adonijah.
Deuteronomy 32:35
"'Vengeance is mine, and I will reward! Their feet shall slide, when the time cometh. For the time of their destruction is at hand, and the time that shall come upon them maketh haste.'
2 Samuel 18:2
And he sent one part of them with Joab, and another part with Abishai the son of Zeruiah Joab's brother, and the third part with Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, "Shall I go with you?"

Caught

1 Kings 1:50
And Adonijah, fearing Solomon, arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Exodus 27:2
And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass.