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And also thus said the king, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it] (1:48) And all the guests that [were] with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way (1:49) And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar (1:50) And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword (1:51) And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die (1:52) So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house
(1:53)
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