And the report came to Joab son of Zeruiah; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, and he went not after Solomon. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from My altar to put him to death.

and overlaid it with pure gold within and without;

God is the Lord, and He has shined upon us; celebrate the feast with thick [branches, binding the victims] even to the horns of the altar.