²⁸ And the report hath come unto Joab -- for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside -- and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.

⁷ And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah;

⁵⁰ and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.

² and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king saith unto the people, `I certainly go out -- I also -- with you.'

² And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it `with' brass.

³⁵ Mine `are' vengeance and recompense, At the due time -- doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.

²⁵ and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa `is' a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

¹⁴ And Joab saith, `Not right -- I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he `is' alive, in the midst of the oak.

¹⁵ And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death.