And Adonijah feared Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Ezekiel 43:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns, one cubit high. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth reaching upward there shall be four horns one cubit high. American Standard Version (1901) And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. Common English Bible The hearth is seven feet high, with four horns projecting upward from the hearth. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the hearth itself was four cubits. And from the hearth going upward, there were four horns. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns. |
And Adonijah feared Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; it horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her, shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.
And you shall take some of its blood, and put it on the four horns of the altar, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the rim round about; thus you shall cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar;