1 Kings 1:50 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁵⁰ And Adoni´jah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁰ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁰ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went [to the tabernacle tent on Mt. Zion] and caught hold of the horns of the altar [as a fugitive's refuge].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁰ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Common English Bible

⁵⁰ Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to grab hold of the horns of the altar.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁰ Then Adonijah, fearing Solomon, rose up and went away. And he took hold of the horn of the altar.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁰ And Adonias fearing Solomon arose, and went, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

1 Kings 1:50 Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

And all the guests that were with Adoni´jah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

1 Kings 1:51

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adoni´jah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

1 Kings 2:28

Then tidings came to Jo´ab: for Jo´ab had turned after Adoni´jah, though he turned not after Ab´salom. And Jo´ab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Psalm 118:27

God is the Lord, which hath showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Exodus 27:2

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

Exodus 30:10

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements; once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.

Exodus 38:2

And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

Ezekiel 43:15

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.