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1 Kings 1:50
1 Kings 1:50 is verse 50 of 1 Kings chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
King James Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
World English Bible
Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar.
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1 Kings 1:48–52 · Berean Standard Bible
48 saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
49 At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
50 But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
51 It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
52 And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 2:28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
Exodus 38:2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
Psalms 118:27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.