1 Kings 20:30
Context20:30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. 1 Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. 2
1 Kings 20:20
Context20:20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; 3 the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.
1 Kings 2:28-29
Context2:28 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 2:29 When King Solomon heard 7 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 8 “Go, strike him down.”
1 Kings 12:18
Context12:18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, 9 the supervisor of the work crews, 10 out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 11


[20:30] 1 tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”
[20:30] 2 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”
[20:20] 3 tn Heb “each struck down his man.”
[2:28] 5 tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).
[2:28] 6 tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[2:28] 7 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.
[2:29] 7 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
[2:29] 8 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
[12:18] 9 tc The MT has “Adoram” here, but the Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “Adoniram.” Cf. 1 Kgs 4:6.
[12:18] 10 sn The work crews. See the note on this expression in 4:6.
[12:18] 11 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.