1 Re 2:28

28 E la notizia ne giunse a Joab, il quale avea seguito il partito di Adonija, benché non avesse seguito quello di Absalom. Egli si rifugiò nel tabernacolo dell’Eterno, e impugnò i corni dell’altare.

1 Re 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 Re 2:28 In-Context

26 Poi il re disse al sacerdote Abiathar: "Vattene ad Anatoth, nelle tue terre, poiché tu meriti la morte; ma io non ti farò morire oggi, perché portasti davanti a Davide mio padre l’arca del Signore, dell’Eterno, e perché partecipasti a tutte le sofferenze di mio padre".

27 Così Salomone depose Abiathar dalle funzioni di sacerdote dell’Eterno, adempiendo così la parola che l’Eterno avea pronunziata contro la casa di Eli a Sciloh.

28 E la notizia ne giunse a Joab, il quale avea seguito il partito di Adonija, benché non avesse seguito quello di Absalom. Egli si rifugiò nel tabernacolo dell’Eterno, e impugnò i corni dell’altare.

29 E fu detto al re Salomone: "Joab s’è rifugiato nel tabernacolo dell’Eterno, e sta presso l’altare". Allora Salomone mandò Benaia, figliuolo di Jehoiada, dicendogli: "Va’, avventati contro di lui!"

30 Benaia entrò nel tabernacolo dell’Eterno, e disse a Joab: "Così dice il re: Vieni fuori!" Quegli rispose: "No! voglio morir qui!" E Benaia riferì la cosa al re, dicendo: "Così ha parlato Joab e così m’ha risposto".