1 Kings 1:50

Adonijah's Response To The Coronation Of Solomon

⁴⁹ And they tremble, and rise -- all those called who are for Adonijah -- and go, each on his way; ⁵⁰ and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar. ⁵¹ And it is declared to Solomon, saying, 'Lo, Adonijah feareth king Solomon, and lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me as to-day -- he doth not put to death his servant by the sword.'

Horns of the Altar

Adonijah

Solomon

Zion

1 Kings 2:28

And the report hath come unto Joab -- for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside -- and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.

Exodus 21:14

'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

Exodus 27:2

And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it with brass.

Exodus 38:2

and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass;

Psalm 118:27

God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar.