1 Kings 1:50

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Adonijah feared Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled, and rose, and each went his own way.

1 Kings 1:51

And it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for lo, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword.’ ”

1 Kings 2:28

When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

Psalm 118:27

The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!

Exodus 21:14

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Exodus 27:2

And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; it horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 30:10

Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations; it is most holy to the Lord.”

Exodus 38:2

He made horns for it on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

Ezekiel 43:15

and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns, one cubit high.