◄ 1 Kings 1:50 ►
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Good News Translation
Adonijah, in great fear of Solomon, went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.

New Revised Standard Version
Adonijah, fearing Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.

Contemporary English Version
Adonijah himself was afraid of what Solomon might do to him, so he ran to the sacred tent and grabbed hold of the corners of the altar for protection.

New American Bible
but Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar.

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1 Kings 2:28 And the news came to Joab, because Joab had turned after Adonias, and had not turned after Solomon: and Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

Exodus 21:14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.

Exodus 38:2 The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.

Psalm 118:27 The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the altar.

Context
Adonijah Learns of Solomon's Kingship
…49Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose, and every man went his way. 50And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar.51And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword.…
Cross References
Exodus 27:2
And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.

Exodus 30:10
And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin; and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

1 Kings 1:49
Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose, and every man went his way.

1 Kings 1:51
And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword.

1 Kings 2:28
And the news came to Joab, because Joab had turned after Adonias, and had not turned after Solomon: and Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

Ezekiel 43:15
And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns.

1 Kings 1:49
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