1 Kings 1:49-51

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴⁹ Then all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up and each man went his way.

⁵⁰ And Adonijah, fearing the presence of Solomon, arose and went and took hold of the horns of the Altar.

⁵¹ And someone told Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon. For lo, he has caught hold of the horns of the Altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me this day that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”