Joab heard what had happened. (He had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom.) So he fled to the Tent of the LORD's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.

But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.

He made the projections at the top of the four corners, so that they formed one piece with the altar. He covered it all with bronze.

The LORD is God; he has been good to us. With branches in your hands, start the festival and march around the altar.