1 Kings 1:50-52

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁵⁰ Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he went and held on to the horns of the altar.^{[a] 51} Solomon was told, “Adonijah is so afraid of King Solomon that he has grabbed the horns of the altar, and he is saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me this day that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

⁵² Solomon said, “If he is a worthy man, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, but if he is caught planning evil, he will die.”