1 Reis 2:28

28 Ora, veio esta notícia a Joabe (pois Joabe se desviara após Adonias, ainda que não se tinha desviado após Absalão) ; pelo que Joabe fugiu para o tabernáculo do Senhor, e apegou-se as pontas do altar.

1 Reis 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 2:28

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 ^F5; according to Josephus ^F6, 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; (See Gill on 1 Kings 1:50).

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Bunting's Travels p. 98.
F6 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 7.

1 Reis 2:28 In-Context

26 Também a Abiatar, o sacerdete, disse o rei: Vai para Anatote, para os teus campos, porque és homem digno de morte; porém hoje não te matarei, porquanto levaste a arca do Senhor Deus diante de Davi, meu pai, e porquanto participaste de todas as aflições de meu pai.

27 Salomão, pois, expulsou Abiatar, para que não fosse sacerdote do Senhor, assim cumprindo a palavra que o Senhor tinha dito acerca da casa de Eli em Siló.

28 Ora, veio esta notícia a Joabe (pois Joabe se desviara após Adonias, ainda que não se tinha desviado após Absalão) ; pelo que Joabe fugiu para o tabernáculo do Senhor, e apegou-se as pontas do altar.

29 E disseram ao rei Salomão: Joabe fugiu para o tabernáculo do Senhor; e eis que está junto ao altar. Então Salomão enviou Benaías, filho de Jeoiada, dizendo: Vai, mata-o.

30 Foi, pois, Benaías ao tabernáculo do Senhor, e disse a Joabe: Assim diz o rei: Sai daí. Respondeu Joabe: Não! porém aqui morrerei. E Benaías tornou com a resposta ao rei, dizendo: Assim falou Joabe, e assim me respondeu.