Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
New American Standard Bible
And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and
King James Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Holman Bible
Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
International Standard Version
Afraid of Solomon, Adonijah also jumped up and headed straight for the horns of the altar.
A Conservative Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon. And he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
American Standard Version
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Amplified
And Adonijah feared Solomon, and he got up and went [to the tabernacle on Mt. Zion] and took hold of the horns of the altar [seeking asylum].
Bible in Basic English
And Adonijah himself was full of fear because of Solomon; and he got up and went to the altar, and put his hands on its horns.
Darby Translation
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Julia Smith Translation
And Adonijah will, be afraid of the face of Solomon, and he will rise and go, and lay hold upon the horns of the altar.
King James 2000
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon, and he got up and went and grasped the horns of the altar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Adonijah, fearing Solomon, arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
NET Bible
Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
New Heart English Bible
Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
The Emphasized Bible
Adonijah also, feared because of Solomon, - and rose and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
Webster
And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
World English Bible
Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 1:50
Verse Info
Context Readings
Adonijah's Response To The Coronation Of Solomon
49 And all those who were invited by Adonijah trembled and arose and left, each to his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon. For, lo, he has caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 2:28
And the report came to Joab. For Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Exodus 21:14
But if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him with guile, you shall take him from My altar, so that he may die.
Exodus 27:2
And you shall make the horns of it upon the four corners of it. Its horns shall be of the same, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 38:2
And he made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of it. And he overlaid it with bronze.
Psalm 118:27
God is Jehovah, who gives light to us. Tie the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.