1 Kings 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ¹  him ²  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ³ )

1 Kings 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ⁴  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ⁵  because they helped me ⁶  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ⁷  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ⁸  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ⁹ 

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “disciplined.”

[1:6]  ² tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

[1:6]  ³ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[2:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ⁹ 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.