Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Bible References
Caught
1 Kings 2:28
Then tidings came to Joab - for Joab had turned after Adonijah, but not after Absalom - whereupon he fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught handfast on the horns of the altar.
Exodus 21:14
If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar that he die.
Exodus 38:2
And he made horns in the four corners of it proceeding out of it, and overlaid it with brass.
Psalm 118:27
God is the LORD, and hath showed us light; O garnish the solemn feast with green branches, even unto the horns of the altar.