1 Kings 1:53
Good News Translation
King Solomon then sent for Adonijah and had him brought down from the altar. Adonijah went to the king and bowed low before him, and the king said to him, "You may go home."

New Revised Standard Version
Then King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar. He came to do obeisance to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go home.”

Contemporary English Version
Then he sent someone to the altar to get Adonijah. After Adonijah came and bowed down, Solomon said, "Adonijah, go home."

New American Bible
King Solomon sent to have him brought down from the altar, and he came and paid homage to King Solomon. Solomon then said to him, “Go to your house.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then king Solomon sent, and brought him out from the altar: and going in, he worshipped king Solomon: and Solomon said to him: Go to thy house.

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Then king Solomon sent, and brought him out from the altar: and going in, he worshipped king Solomon: and Solomon said to him: Go to thy house.

bowed himself

1 Kings 1:16,31 Bethsabee bowed herself, and worshipped the king. And the king said to her: What is thy will? . . .

2 Samuel 1:2 And on the third day, there appeared a man who came out of Saul's camp, with his garments rent, and dust strewed on his head: and when he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adored.

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1 Kings 2:36 The king also sent, and called for Semei, and said to him: Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there: and go not out from thence any where.

2 Samuel 14:24,28 But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king's face. . . .

Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.

Context
Adonijah Learns of Solomon's Kingship
52And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground: but if evil be found in him, he shall die. 53Then king Solomon sent, and brought him out from the altar: and going in, he worshipped king Solomon: and Solomon said to him: Go to thy house.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:52
And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground: but if evil be found in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 2:1
And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:

1 Kings 1:52
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