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1 Kings 1:50

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

KJV

Adonias autem timens Salomonem, surrexit, et abiit, tenuitque cornu altaris.

Vulgate

καὶ Ἀδωνείας ἐφοβήθη ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαλωμών, καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἀπῆλθεν καὶ ἐπελάβετο τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

LXX

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

ASV

וַ/אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ יָרֵ֖א מִ/פְּנֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וַ/יָּ֣קָם וַ/יֵּ֔לֶךְ וַֽ/יַּחֲזֵ֖ק בְּ/קַרְנ֥וֹת הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AdonijahSolomon

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ
'dnyhv
proper_noun · 26×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
ו
v
noun · 74×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
shlmh
proper_noun · 280×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:28 — Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
  • 1Kgs 2:28 — Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
  • Exod 27:2 — And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.