1 Kings 1:50
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon. And he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
49And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and every man went his way.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with guile, thou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Exodus 38:2And he made the horns of it upon the four corners of it. The horns of it were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
Psalms 118:27LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:42-53
Solomon Proclaimed. ( b. c. 1015.) 41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44… Read the whole commentary →