Lièwángjìshang 2:28

28 Yuē yē suīrán méiyǒu guī cóng Yēshālóng , què guī cóng le yà duō ní yǎ . tā tīngjian zhè fēngshēng , jiù taó dào Yēhéhuá de zhàngmù , zhuāzhù jìtán de jiǎo .

Lièwángjìshang 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.

Lièwángjìshang 2:28 In-Context

26 Wáng duì jìsī yà bǐ yà tā shuō , nǐ huí Yànátū guī zìjǐ de tiándì qù ba . nǐ bĕn shì gāisǐ de , dàn yīn nǐ zaì wǒ fùqin Dàwèi miànqián tái guō zhǔ Yēhéhuá de yuē guì , yòu yǔ wǒ fùqin tóng shòu yīqiè kǔnàn , suǒyǐ wǒ jīnrì bú jiang nǐ shā sǐ .

27 Suǒluómén jiù gé chú yà bǐ yà tā , bù xǔ tā zuò Yēhéhuá de jìsī . zhèyàng , biàn yìngyàn Yēhéhuá zaì Shìluó lún Yǐlì jiā suǒ shuō de huà .

28 Yuē yē suīrán méiyǒu guī cóng Yēshālóng , què guī cóng le yà duō ní yǎ . tā tīngjian zhè fēngshēng , jiù taó dào Yēhéhuá de zhàngmù , zhuāzhù jìtán de jiǎo .

29 Yǒu rén gàosu Suǒluómén wáng shuō , Yuēyē taó dào Yēhéhuá de zhàngmù , xiànjīn zaì jìtán de pángbiān . Suǒluómén jiù chāiqiǎn Yéhéyédà de érzi Bǐnáyǎ , shuō , nǐ qù jiāng tā shā sǐ .

30 Bǐ ná Yǎlái dào Yēhéhuá de zhàngmù , duì Yuēyē shuō , wáng fēnfu shuō , nǐ chūlai ba . tā shuō , wǒ bù chū qù , wǒ yào sǐ zaì zhèlǐ . Bǐnáyǎ jiù qù huí fù wáng , shuō Yuēyē rúcǐ rúcǐ huídá wǒ .