He talked with Joab (whose mother was Zeruiah) and with Abiathar the priest, and they agreed to support his cause.

The LORD will take revenge and punish them; the time will come when they will fall; the day of their doom is near.

Then he sent them out in three groups, with Joab and Joab's brother Abishai and Ittai from Gath, each in command of a group. And the king said to his men, "I will go with you myself."

"I'm not going to waste any more time with you," Joab said. He took three spears and plunged them into Absalom's chest while he was still alive, hanging in the oak tree.

Then ten of Joab's soldiers closed in on Absalom and finished killing him.

Adonijah, in great fear of Solomon, went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.

Make projections at the top of the four corners. They are to form one piece with the altar, and the whole is to be covered with bronze.