1 Kings 1:50-52

Revised Geneva Translation

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.’”

⁵² Then Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth. But if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”