OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 2:28

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This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled to the LORD’s Tent, and held onto the horns of the altar.

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Verse 28. Joab. The Latin MSS. except one, and almost all the ancient editions of Sixtus, and so forth read Solomon. “And a messenger came to Solomon that Joab,” and so forth—Solomon. Hebrew “Absalom.” Septuagint vary. The difference is of little consequence. Calmet.

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