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 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ⁴  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ⁵  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁶  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 ⁷  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ⁸  Determine ⁹  what you must do, for in the spring ¹⁰  the king of Syria will attack ¹¹  you.”

1 Kings 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. ¹²  Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. ¹³ 

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 The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.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 they will say.”

⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

⁷ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

⁸ tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

⁹ tn Heb “know and see.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

¹¹ tn Heb “go up against.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

¹¹ tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”