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1 Re 2:28

E la notizia ne giunse a Joab, il quale avea seguito il partito di Adonija, benché non avesse seguito quello di Absalom. Egli si rifugiò nel tabernacolo dell’Eterno, e impugnò i corni dell’altare.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Government;   Homicide;   Joab;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;   Malice;   Punishments;   Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Murder;   Refuge, Cities of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Solomon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Murder;   Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Horn;   Joab;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Jeremiah;   Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Altar;   Amasa;   Benaiah;   Cities of Refuge;   Court Systems;   Horn;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Altar;   Benaiah;   Reuben;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Altar ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benaiah ;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joab;   Talent;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'ab;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Asylum;   Goel;   Horn;   Joab;   Refuge, Cities of;   Sanctuary;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Altars forms of;   Blood-revenge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abiathar;   Altar;   Asylum;  

Devotionals:

- My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for April 19;  

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Intanto la notizia giunse a Joab, perch Joab aveva seguito Adonijah, ma non aveva seguito Absalom. Perci egli si rifugi nel tabernacolo dellEterno e si afferr ai corni dellaltare.
Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Ora il grido ne venne fino a Ioab; perciocchè Ioab si era rivolto dietro ad Adonia, benchè non si fosse rivolto dietro ad Absalom. Ed egli si rifuggì nel Tabernacolo del Signore, e impugnò le corna dell’Altare.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joab had: 1 Kings 1:7, Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 18:2, 2 Samuel 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:15

caught: 1 Kings 1:50, Exodus 27:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:6 - by Exodus 21:14 - take him Numbers 35:31 - Moreover Deuteronomy 19:12 - General 2 Samuel 2:13 - Joab 1 Kings 2:6 - let 1 Kings 19:2 - So let 2 Kings 11:8 - he that cometh Ezekiel 43:15 - four horns Hebrews 6:18 - lay

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then tidings came to Joab,.... Of the death of Adonijah, and the deposition of Abiathar:

for Joab had turned after Adonijah; publicly appeared at his feast, when he was saluted king by him, and others, and privately gave him advice in the affair of Abishag:

though he turned not after Absalom; did not join with him in his rebellion, but faithfully adhered to David; and yet both in his lifetime, and after his death, acted the traitorous part in favour of Adonijah: Ben Gersom gives these words a different sense, as if he was blameworthy in both cases; that he turned after Adonijah to make him king, without consulting David, and having his consent; and he did not turn after Absalom, to deliver him from death, as David commanded him; but the former sense is best:

and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; which was at Gibeon, see 2 Chronicles 1:3; it was four miles from Jerusalem to the north, situated on an hill e; according to Josephus f, it was forty furlongs, or five miles, from it; though Kimchi thinks it was the altar in Jerusalem he fled to, which was before the ark, in the tent David made for it; but that is never called the tabernacle of the Lord, only that of Moses: Joab's fleeing hither showed guilt, and that he was in the conspiracy of Adonijah, and was conscious he deserved to die, and now expected it, since Adonijah was put to death; while he remained reprieved or pardoned, he thought himself safe, but now in danger, and therefore fled for it:

and caught hold of the horns of the altar; 2 Chronicles 1:3- :.

e Bunting's Travels, &c. p. 98. f Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joab followed the example of Adonijab (margin reference). The tabernacle was now at Gibeon 1 Kings 3:4; 1 Chronicles 16:39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 2:28. Tidings came to Joab — He heard that Adonijah had been slain and Abiathar banished, and probably he had heard of David's dying charge to Solomon. Fearing therefore for his personal safety, he takes refuge at the tabernacle, as claiming Divine protection, and desiring to have his case decided by God alone; or perhaps a spark of remorse is now kindled; and, knowing that he must die, he wishes to die in the house of God, as it were under the shadow, that he might receive the mercy of the Almighty.


 
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