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 his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah;
Deuteronomy 32:35
Mine are vengeance and recompense, At the due time -- doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.
2 Samuel 18:2
and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king saith unto the people, 'I certainly go out -- I also -- with you.'

Caught

1 Kings 1:50
and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.
Exodus 27:2
And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it with brass.