1 Kings 1:50
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And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar.

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1 Kings 2:28 And the news came to Joab, because Joab had turned after Adonias, and had not turned after Solomon: and Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

Exodus 21:14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.

Exodus 38:2 The horns whereof went out from the corners, and he overlaid it with plates of brass.

Psalm 118:27 The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the altar.

Context
Adonijah Learns of Solomon's Kingship
49Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose, and every man went his way. 50And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose and went, and took hold of the horn of the altar.51And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword.…
Cross References
Exodus 27:2
And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.

Exodus 30:10
And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year, with the blood of that which was offered for sin; and shall make atonement upon it in your generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

1 Kings 1:49
Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid, and they all arose, and every man went his way.

1 Kings 1:51
And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword.

1 Kings 2:28
And the news came to Joab, because Joab had turned after Adonias, and had not turned after Solomon: and Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

Ezekiel 43:15
And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns.

Lexicon
But Adonijah,
וַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ (wa·’ă·ḏō·nî·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 138: Adonijah -- 'my Lord is Yahweh', the name of several Israelites

in fear
יָרֵ֖א (yā·rê)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

of
מִפְּנֵ֣י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

Solomon,
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

got up
וַיָּ֣קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and went
וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to take hold
וַֽיַּחֲזֵ֖ק (way·ya·ḥă·zêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

of the horns
בְּקַרְנ֥וֹת (bə·qar·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

of the altar.
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar


Additional Translations
But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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

And Adonias feared because of Solomon, and arose, and departed, and laid hold on the horns of the altar.

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

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

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

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

and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.
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