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 took hold of the horns of the altar.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדניּהוּ אדניּה 
'Adoniyah 
Usage: 26

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of Solomon
שׁלמה 
Sh@lomoh 
Usage: 293

and arose
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

and went
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

on the horns
קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

References

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.'"

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!

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