Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
New American Standard Bible
And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and
King James Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Holman Bible
Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
International Standard Version
Afraid of Solomon, Adonijah also jumped up and headed straight for the horns of the altar.
A Conservative Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon. And he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
American Standard Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Amplified
And Adonijah feared Solomon, and he got up and went [to the tabernacle on Mt. Zion] and took hold of the horns of the altar [seeking asylum].
Bible in Basic English
And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.
Darby Translation
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Julia Smith Translation
And Adonijah will, be afraid of the face of Solomon, and he will rise and go, and lay hold upon the horns of the altar.
King James 2000
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon, and he got up and went and grasped the horns of the altar.
Modern King James verseion
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Adonijah, fearing Solomon, arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
New Heart English Bible
Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
The Emphasized Bible
Adonijah also, feared because of Solomon, - and rose and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Webster
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
World English Bible
Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 1:50
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adonijah's Response To The Coronation Of Solomon
49 All of Adonijah's guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways. 50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 51 Solomon was told, "Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'May King Solomon solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'"
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 2:28
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.
Exodus 21:14
But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
Exodus 27:2
You are to make its four horns on its four corners; its horns will be part of it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 38:2
He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
Psalm 118:27
The Lord is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!