And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.
When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!
He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
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