1 Kings 1:50
Adonijah also, feared because of Solomon,—and rose and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
49Then trembled and rose up, all Adonijah’s guests,—and departed, every man his own way.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.
Exodus 38:2And he made the horns thereof, upon the four corners thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof,—and he overlaid it with bronze.
Psalms 118:27Yahweh is GOD, and hath shed on us light,—Bind ye the festal 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 →