1 Kings 1:50
Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar.
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In Context
49All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and each man went his way.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Exodus 38:2He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
Psalms 118:27The LORD 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 →