1 Kings 1:50
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.”
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“But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 1:50 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
- Exodus 27:2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Exodus 38:2He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
- 1 Kings 2:28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- Psalms 118:27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
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