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1 Kings 1:50
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 1:50
New Catholic Bible
50 But Adonijah, because he feared Solomon, got up and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.[a]
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- 1 Kings 1:50 Adonijah invokes the right of asylum which the sanctuary and, especially the altar, was regarded as providing and which was regulated by the law (Ex 21:13-14).