1 Kings 1:50
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
49And all Adonijah's guests were afraid, and rose up and went every man his way.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Exodus 38:2And he made its horns on the four corners thereof; its horns were of itself; and he overlaid it with copper.
Psalms 118:27Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, up 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 →