⁵⁰ Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁸ The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

¹⁴ If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

² You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.

² He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.

²⁷ Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.