1 Kings 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ¹  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ²  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ³ 

1 Kings 13:24-25

13:24 As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. ⁴  His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it. ⁵  13:25 Some men came by ⁶  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ⁷  They went and reported what they had seen ⁸  in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 13:28

13:28 He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; ⁹  the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.

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

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 The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “and he went and a lion met him in the road and killed him.”

⁵ tn Heb “and his corpse fell on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it, and the lion was standing beside the corpse.”

⁷ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

⁸ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.