Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose, and each went his own way.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has granted someone to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”
And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.
My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?