Thematic Bible: A place of refuge
Thematic Bible
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But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.