1 Kings 2:28 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 2:28

When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

BSB

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ASV

And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 2:28 (850)

Joab runs to the tent for two reasons: first of all, in order to escape his death, if possible; second, because he imagined that, if he were killed in that place, the tent of God would become polluted as a consequence of his death, and …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The debt he owed to the innocent blood that was shed, by answering its cries with the blood of him that shed, he could not pay himself, but left it to his son to pay it, who, having power wherewithal, failed not to do it.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Tidings came to Joab - He heard that Adonijah had been slain and Abiathar banished, and probably he had heard of David’s dying charge to Solomon. Fearing therefore for his personal safety, he takes refuge at the tabernacle, as claiming Divine protection, and desiring to have his case decided by God alone; or perhaps a spark of remorse is now kindled; and, knowing that he must die, he wishes to die in the house of God, as it were under the shadow, that he might receive the mercy of the Almighty.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙	ve.ha.she.mu.'Ah	and the report	H8052 →
בָּ֣אָה	Ba.'ah	it came	H935 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
יוֹאָ֔ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
יוֹאָ֗ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
נָטָה֙	na.Tah	he had turned aside	H5186 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה	'a.do.ni.Yah	Adonijah	H138 →
וְאַחֲרֵ֥י	ve.'a.cha.Rei	and after	H310 →
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נָטָ֑ה	na.Tah	he had turned aside	H5186 →
וַיָּ֤נָס	vai.Ya.nos	and he fled	H5127 →
יוֹאָב֙	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֹ֣הֶל	'O.hel	[the] tent of	H168 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק	vai.ya.cha.Zek	and he took hold	H2388 →
בְּקַרְנ֥וֹת	be.kar.Not	on [the] horns of	H7161 →
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃	ha.miz.Be.ach	the altar	H4196 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 27:2
Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
leads to
- Psalms 118:27
  The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 1:7
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 20:25
  Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Kings 2:22
  King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest…
Through
2 Samuel 18:2
He 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. And the king said to the troops, “I will…
leads to
- Judges 7:16
  And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
- 2 Samuel 15:19–22
  Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your…
Through
1 Kings 1:50
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
leads to
- Exodus 27:2
  Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Exodus 38:2
  He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
- Exodus 21:14
  But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings