1 Kings 2:28
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
KJV
Venit autem nuntius ad Joab, quod Joab declinasset post Adoniam, et post Salomonem non declinasset : fugit ergo Joab in tabernaculum Domini, et apprehendit cornu altaris.
Vulgate
καὶ ἡ ἀκοὴ ἦλθεν ἕως Ἰωὰβ τοῦ υἱοῦ Σαρουίας, ὅτι Ἰωὰβ ἦν κεκλικὼς ὀπίσω Ἀδωνειά, καὶ ὀπίσω Ἀβεσσαλὼμ οὐκ ἔκλινεν· καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἰωὰβ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατέσχεν τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.
LXX
And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
ASV
וְ/הַ/שְּׁמֻעָה֙ בָּ֣אָה עַד יוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֣י יוֹאָ֗ב נָטָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה וְ/אַחֲרֵ֥י אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם לֹ֣א נָטָ֑ה וַ/יָּ֤נָס יוֹאָב֙ אֶל אֹ֣הֶל יְהוָ֔ה וַֽ/יַּחֲזֵ֖ק בְּ/קַרְנ֥וֹת הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ
Hebrew
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17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 1:7 — And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- 1Kgs 1:50 — And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- 1Kgs 1:50 — And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- 1Kgs 19:2 — Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
- 2Sam 18:2 — And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gitt
- Exod 21:14 — But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Gen 9:6 — Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: