1 Kings 1:50-52

Expanded Bible

⁵⁰ Adonijah was also afraid of Solomon, so he went and took hold of the ·corners [^Lhorns; Ex. 27:2] of the altar [^Cin hopes that he would not be killed in a sacred place]. ⁵¹ Then someone told Solomon, “Adonijah is afraid of you, so he is at the altar, holding on to its ·corners [^Lhorns]. He says, ‘Tell King Solomon to promise me today that he will not ·kill me [^Lput his servant to death with the sword].’”

⁵² So Solomon answered, “·Adonijah must show that he is a man of honor. If he does that, I promise [If he is loyal/honorable/worthy,] he will not lose even a single hair from his head. But if ·he does anything wrong [he makes trouble; ^Levil is found in him], he will die.”