Then all the guests of Adonijah got up trembling and went their own ways.
and went on to pray thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who today has granted one of my offspring to sit on my throne and permitted me to witness it.’ ”
Adonijah, fearing Solomon, got up and went to grasp the horns of the altar.
My child, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them,
for disaster comes from them suddenly, and who knows the ruin that both can bring?
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.