1 Kings 1:50

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
  • Exod 27:2 : 2 Put horns at the four angles of it, made of the same, plating it all with brass.
  • Exod 38:2 : 2 And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;

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  • 1 Kgs 1:51-53
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    93%

    51And they gave Solomon word of it, saying, See, Adonijah goes in such fear of King Solomon, that he has put his hands on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon first give me his oath that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

    52And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.

    53So King Solomon sent, and they took him down from the altar. And he came and gave honour to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • 1 Kgs 1:49
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    49And all the guests of Adonijah got up in fear and went away, every man to his place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:28-29
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    80%

    28And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.

    29And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-25
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    23Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

    24Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

    25And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-13
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    11Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?

    12So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

    13Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

  • 1 Kgs 1:24-26
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    24And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

    25Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!

    26But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not sent for.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
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    5Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7-9
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    7And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

    8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.

    9Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:

  • 1 Kgs 1:17-21
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    17And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

    18And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;

    19And has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the captain of the army; but he has not sent for Solomon your servant.

    20And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

    21For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

  • 1 Kgs 2:19
    68%

    19So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

  • 1 Kgs 1:41-43
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    41And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?

    42And while the words were on his lips, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest, came; and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a man of good faith and the news which you have for us will be good.

    43And Jonathan, answering, said to Adonijah, Not so, but our lord King David has made Solomon king:

  • 1 Kgs 2:13
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    13Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 8:54
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    54Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
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    22Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,

  • 2 Sam 3:11
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    11And so great was Ish-bosheth's fear of Abner that he was not able to say a word in answer.

  • 2 Chr 1:6
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    6And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4
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    4And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
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    21And when David came, Ornan, looking, saw him, and came out from the grain-floor and went down on his face to the earth before him.

  • 2 Chr 6:12-13
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    12Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

    13(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
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    1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
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    40And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

  • Prov 20:2
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    2The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

  • 1 Kgs 1:39
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    39And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!

  • Isa 2:21
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    21To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Job 41:25
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    25Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.

  • Jonah 1:10
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    10And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    64%

    46And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    64%

    15And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.