1 Kings 2:2

2:2 “I am about to die. ¹  Be strong and become a man!

1 Kings 1:50

1:50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ² 

1 Kings 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers ³  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

1 Kings 16:22

16:22 Omri’s supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king.

1 Kings 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ⁴  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ⁵  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ⁶ 

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ⁷  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ⁸  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁹  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet ¹⁰  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ¹¹  Determine ¹²  what you must do, for in the spring ¹³  the king of Syria will attack ¹⁴  you.”

1 Kings 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. ¹⁵  Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

² 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, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.

³ tn Or “servants.”

⁴ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

⁵ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ 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 they will say.”

⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

⁶ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

⁷ tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

⁸ tn Heb “know and see.”

⁹ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “go up against.”

⁷ tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

⁸ tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”