1 Kings 1:50-52

Modern English Version

⁵⁰ Adonijah feared Solomon. So he got up and went to the altar and held on to its horns. ⁵¹ Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah fears King Solomon, for he has caught hold of the horns on the altar, saying ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.’ ”

⁵² And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”