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1Ki 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Joab had		1Ki 1:7; Deu 32:35; 2Sa 18:2,14,15
caught		1Ki 1:50; Exd 27:2

Correlating Passages

Joab had

	1Ki 1:7	And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him].
	Deu 32:35	To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
	2Sa 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 Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
	2Sa 18:14	Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.
	2Sa 18:15	And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

caught

	1Ki 1:50	And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
	Exd 27:2	And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 2:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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