1 Kings 1:50 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went [to the tabernacle tent on Mt. Zion] and caught hold of the horns of the altar [as a fugitive's refuge].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to grab hold of the horns of the altar.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Adonijah, fearing Solomon, rose up and went away. And he took hold of the horn of the altar.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Adonias fearing Solomon arose, and went, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

1 Kings 1:50 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 1:49

Then all of Adonijah’s guests got up trembling and went their separate ways.

1 Kings 1:51

It was reported to Solomon, ‘Look, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, “Let King Solomon first  swear to me that he will not kill his servant with the sword.” ’

1 Kings 2:28

The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah  but not Absalom,  Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Exodus 21:14

If a person schemes and wilfully  acts against his neighbour to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.

Exodus 27:2

Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece.  Overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 30:10

‘Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for  it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns.  The altar is especially holy to the Lord.’

Exodus 38:2

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

Ezekiel 43:15

The altar hearth  is 2.1 metres high, and four horns  project upwards from the hearth.