1 Kings 1:50

New International Reader's Version

Adonijah was afraid of what Solomon might do to him. So he went and grabbed the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. Those horns stuck out from its upper corners.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

When all Adonijah’s guests heard that, they were terrified. So they got up and scattered.

1 Kings 1:51

Then Solomon was told, “King Solomon, Adonijah is afraid of you. He’s holding onto the horns of the altar. He says, ‘I want King Solomon to make a promise today. I want him to promise that he won’t kill me with his sword.’ ”

1 Kings 2:28

News of what Solomon had done reached Joab. Joab had never made evil plans along with Absalom. But he had joined Adonijah. So he ran to the tent of the Lord. He grabbed the horns that stuck out from the upper corners of the altar for burnt offerings.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God. He has been good to us. Take branches in your hands. Join in the march on the day of the feast. March up to the corners of the altar.

Exodus 21:14

But suppose they kill someone on purpose. Then take them away from my altar and put them to death.

Exodus 27:2

Make a horn stick out from each of its upper four corners. The horns and the altar must be all one piece. Cover the altar with bronze.

Exodus 30:10

Once a year Aaron must put the blood of a sin offering on the horns of the altar. He must do this to make the altar pure. He must do this on the day Israel’s sin is paid for. Do this for all time to come. The altar is a very holy place to me.”

Exodus 38:2

They made a horn stick out from each of its four upper corners. They covered the altar with bronze.

Ezekiel 43:15

The top part of the altar is where the sacrifices are burned. It is seven feet high. A horn sticks out from each of its four corners.