Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- BSB But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
- NKJV Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- NASB Adonijah also was afraid of Solomon, and he got up, and went, and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- NLT Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rushed to the sacred tent and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Kgs 2:28This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled to Yahweh’s Tent, and held onto the horns of the altar.
- Exod 27:2You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
- Exod 21:14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
- Exod 38:2He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
- Ps 118:27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
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