Joab followed the example of Adonijab. The tabernacle was now at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:4; 1 Chronicles 16:39).

Joab had turned.—It is strange that Joab should have been in no danger or anxiety immediately after the actual failure of the cons…

Then tidings came to Joab
Of the death of Adonijah, and the deposition of Abiathar:

for Joab had …

Solomon's words to Abiathar, and Abiathar's silence, imply that some recent conspiracies had been entered into. Those who show kindness to God's pe…