1 Kings 1
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1 Kings 1:50-51

50But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns of the altar.

51Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’ ”

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