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1 Kings 1:49-51
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1 Kings 1:49-51
New English Translation
49 All of Adonijah’s guests panicked;[a] 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.[b] 51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you;[c] see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise[d] me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
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- 1 Kings 1:49 tn Or “were afraid, trembled.”
- 1 Kings 1:50 sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:51 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- 1 Kings 1:51 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
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