Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

New English Translation

All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

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and said this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”

Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.

Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,

for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.