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1 Kings 1:50-52
New English Translation
1 Kings 1:50-52
New English Translation
50 Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.[a] 51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you;[b] see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise[c] me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’” 52 Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject,[d] not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor,[e] he will die.”
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- 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 The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.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.”
- 1 Kings 1:52 tn Heb “if he is a man of strength [or ability].” In this context, where Adonijah calls himself a “servant,” implying allegiance to the new king, the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (ʾish khayil) probably carries the sense of “a worthy man,” that is, “loyal” (see HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל).
- 1 Kings 1:52 tn Heb “but if evil is found in him.”
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