1 Kings 1:39

1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ¹  from the tent and poured it on ²  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 2:28-30

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ³  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ⁴  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ⁵  2:29 When King Solomon heard ⁶  that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ⁷  “Go, strike him down.” 2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ⁹  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ¹⁰  and then went to their homes, happy and content ¹¹  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

¹ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “anointed.”

³ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

⁴ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.

⁵ tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

⁶ tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”

⁷ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

⁹ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

¹⁰ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

¹¹ tn Heb “good of heart.”