When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai
Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them thr
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who h