1 Kings 1:50

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
  • Exod 27:2 : 2 You 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 38:2 : 2 He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    51 It was told Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'"

    52 Solomon said, "If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die."

    53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

  • 1 Kgs 1:49
    82%

    49 All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and each man went his way.

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

    28 The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

    29 It was told king Solomon, "Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar." Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall on him."

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

    23 Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    24 Now therefore as Yahweh 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, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day."

    25 King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

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

    11 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?

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

    13 Go in to king David, and tell him, 'Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?'

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

    24 Nathan said, "My lord, king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?'

    25 For he is gone down this day, and has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, 'Long live king Adonijah!'

    26 But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

    8 But 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.

    9 Adonijah killed sheep and cattle and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he 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%

    17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'

    18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.

    19 He has slain cattle and fatlings 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 he hasn't called Solomon your servant.

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

    21 Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."

  • 1 Kgs 2:19
    68%

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

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

    41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, "Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?"

    42 While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, "Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news."

    43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, "Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13
    67%

    13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably.

  • 1 Kgs 8:54
    67%

    54 It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    67%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    66%

    22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;

  • 2 Sam 3:11
    66%

    11 He could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.

  • 2 Chr 1:6
    66%

    6 Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

  • 1 Kgs 3:4
    66%

    4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    65%

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

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

    12 He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

    13 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    65%

    9 David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?"

  • 1 Chr 21:30
    65%

    30 But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    65%

    1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no man with you?"

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
    65%

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

  • Prov 20:2
    64%

    2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

  • 1 Kgs 1:39
    64%

    39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, "Long live king Solomon!"

  • Isa 2:21
    64%

    21 To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

  • Job 41:25
    64%

    25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

  • Jonah 1:10
    64%

    10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
    64%

    46 Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    64%

    15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.