1 Kings 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported¹ Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he² ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.³

1 Kings 1:7

1:7 He collaborated⁴ with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported⁵ him.⁶

1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family,⁷ and his dynasty.”⁸

1 Kings 11:15-16

11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom,⁹ Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. 11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army¹⁰ stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom.¹¹

1 Kings 1:41

1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating.¹² When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?”¹³

1 Kings 2:29-31

2:29 When King Solomon heard¹⁴ that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada,¹⁵ “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.¹⁶ 2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family¹⁷ the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.¹⁸

1 Kings 11:21

11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away¹⁹ and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave²⁰ so I can return to my homeland.”

1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether.²¹ During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle;²² when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.²³

¹tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

²tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³sn 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.

⁴tn Heb “his words were.”

⁵tn Heb “helped after” (i.e., stood by).

⁶tn Heb “Adonijah.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “house.”

⁸tn Heb “his throne.”

¹⁰tn Heb “when David was [fighting (?)] with Edom.”

¹³tn Heb “and all Israel.”

¹⁴tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”

¹⁶tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”

¹⁷tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

¹⁹tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

²⁰tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”

²²tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

²⁵tn Heb “house.”

²⁶tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

²⁸tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

²⁹tn Heb “send me away.”

³¹tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

³²tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

³³tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.