⁵⁰ 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.

²⁸ And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.

¹⁴ But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

² Put horns at the four angles of it, made of the same, plating it all with brass.

² And he put horns at its four angles made of the same, plating it all with brass;

²⁷ The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.