1 Kings 1:50
And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose, and went, and took hold on the horn of the altar.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
49Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose and every man went his way.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14If 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 38:2The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.
Psalms 118:27The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the alter.
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 →