1 KINGS 2:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.”
"And to Joab—for Joab had not turned after Absalom as he had turned after Adonijah—but Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and caught hold of the horns of the altar." — Joab, aware of Solomon's intentions, seeks sanctuary at the *altar*. The narrative notes that Joab supported Adonijah but not Absalom, suggesting he hedged his bets throughout David's life. Yet *flight to the altar* reveals his fear: *va-yibra' el-ohel YHVH va-ya-chaziq be-qarnay ha-mizbeach* (he fled to the tent of the LORD and caught hold of the horns of the altar). Joab, like Adonijah before him, invokes sacred asylum law.
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