1 Kings 1:50

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and grasped the horns of the altar.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 God is the LORD, who has shown us light; bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
  • Exod 27:2 : 2 And you shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
  • Exod 38:2 : 2 He made the horns on its four corners; the horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:51-53
    3 verses
    93%

    51And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for lo, he has grasped the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

    52And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.

    53So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

  • 1 Kgs 1:49
    82%

    49And all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid, and they rose up and went every man his own way.

  • 1 Kgs 2:28-29
    2 verses
    80%

    28Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

    29And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    24Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.

    25And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11Therefore Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord does not know it?

    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

    13Go and approach King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?

  • 1 Kgs 1:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

    25For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah.

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    70%

    5Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

    8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

    9And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside Enrogel, and called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.

  • 1 Kgs 1:17-21
    5 verses
    68%

    17And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

    18And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

    19And he has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not called.

    20And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.

  • 1 Kgs 2:19
    68%

    19Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and had a seat set for the king's mother; and she sat at his right hand.

  • 1 Kgs 1:41-43
    3 verses
    67%

    41And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is the city in such an uproar?

    42And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said to him, Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news.

    43And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily, our lord King David has made Solomon king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13
    67%

    13And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

  • 1 Kgs 8:54
    67%

    54And it was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    67%

    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    66%

    22And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

  • 2 Sam 3:11
    66%

    11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

  • 2 Chr 1:6
    66%

    6And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4
    66%

    4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    65%

    21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

  • 2 Chr 6:12-13
    2 verses
    65%

    12And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

    13For Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and knelt down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    65%

    9And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

  • 1 Chr 21:30
    65%

    30But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    65%

    1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
    65%

    40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • Prov 20:2
    64%

    2The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

  • 1 Kgs 1:39
    64%

    39And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save King Solomon.

  • Isa 2:21
    64%

    21To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.

  • Job 41:25
    64%

    25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of the crashing they are beside themselves.

  • Jonah 1:10
    64%

    10Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Why have you done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    64%

    46And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    64%

    15Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.