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1 Kings 1:49-51
Good News Translation
1 Kings 1:49-51
Good News Translation
49 Then Adonijah's guests were afraid, and they all got up and left, each going his own way. 50 Adonijah, in great fear of Solomon, went to the Tent of the Lord's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.[a] 51 King Solomon was told that Adonijah was afraid of him and that he was holding on to the corners of the altar and had said, “First, I want King Solomon to swear to me that he will not have me put to death.”
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- 1 Kings 1:50 Small projections at the four corners of the altar that looked like horns. Anyone holding on to them was safe from being killed.
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