1 Kings 1:50

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up and went every man his way.

1 Kings 1:51

And it was told Solomon, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has caught hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

1 Kings 2:28

When the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah though he had not followed Absalom, [he] fled to the tent (tabernacle) of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar [before it].

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, Who has shown and given us light [He has illuminated us with grace, freedom, and joy]. Decorate the festival with leafy boughs and bind the sacrifices to be offered with thick cords [all over the priest's court, right up] to the horns of the altar.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man comes willfully upon another to slay him craftily, you shall take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], that he may die.

Exodus 27:2

Make horns for it on its four corners; they shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 30:10

Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once a year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement upon and for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.

Exodus 38:2

He made its horns on the four corners of it; the horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

Ezekiel 43:15

And the altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth reaching upward there shall be four horns one cubit high.