1 Kings 1:50

New American Bible - revised edition

but Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

All the guests of Adonijah got up trembling, and went each their way,

1 Kings 1:51

It was reported to Solomon: “Adonijah, in fear of King Solomon, is clinging to the horns of the altar and saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear that he will not kill me, his servant, with the sword.’”

1 Kings 2:28

When the news came to Joab, since he had sided with Adonijah, though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and clung to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God and has enlightened us. Join in procession with leafy branches up to the horns of the altar.

Exodus 21:14

But when someone kills a neighbor after maliciously scheming to do so, you must take him even from my altar and put him to death.

Exodus 27:2

At the four corners make horns that are of one piece with the altar. You shall then plate it with bronze.

Exodus 30:10

Once a year Aaron shall purge its horns. Throughout your generations he is to purge it once a year with the blood of the atoning purification offering. This altar is most sacred to the Lord. Census Tax.

Exodus 38:2

At the four corners horns were made that sprang directly from the altar. It was then plated with bronze.

Ezekiel 43:15

The altar hearth was four cubits high, and extending up from the top of the hearth were four horns.