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1 Raja-raja 1:50

Takutlah Adonia kepada Salomo, sebab itu ia segera pergi memegang tanduk-tanduk mezbah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Thompson Chain Reference - Altars;   Brazen Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nathan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Horn;   Zoheleth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Altar;   Cities of Refuge;   Nathan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   Bathsheba;   Firstborn;   Horn;   Israel;   Nathan;   Refuge, Cities of;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Border ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Brazen Altar;   Horns;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adonijah;   David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Altar;   Asylum;   Goel;   Horn;   Horns of the Altar;   Refuge, Cities of;   Sanctuary;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Blood-revenge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Altar;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Takutlah Adonia kepada Salomo, sebab itu ia segera pergi memegang tanduk-tanduk mezbah.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka takutlah Adonia akan Sulaiman, sebab itu bangkitlah ia, lalu pergi memegang tanduk mezbah.

Contextual Overview

41 And Adonia and al the ghestes that he had called vnto him, hearde it [euen] as they had made an ende of eating. And when Ioab hearde the sounde of the trumpet, he sayde: What meaneth this noyse and vprore in the citie? 42 And as he yet spake, beholde Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar the priest came, and Adonia said vnto him: Come in, for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tydinges. 43 And Ionathan aunswered and sayde to Adonia: Ueryly our lorde king Dauid hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, & the Cerethites, and the Phelethites, & they haue set him vpo the kinges mule. 45 And Sadoc the priest & Nathan the prophete, haue annoynted him king in Gihon. And they came vp from thence, & reioyced, that the citie did sounde againe: And that is the noyse, that ye haue hearde. 46 And Solomon sitteth on the seate of the kingdome. 47 And moreouer, the kinges seruauntes came to blesse our lorde king Dauid, saying: God make the name of Solomo more honorable then thy name, & make his seate greater then thy seate. And the king bowed him selfe vpon the bed. 48 And thus sayd the king: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath made one to sit on my seate this day, myne eye seyng it. 49 And al the ghestes that were with Adonia were afrayde, and rose vp, & went euery man his way. 50 And Adonia fearing the presence of Solomon, arose, and went and caught hold on the hornes of the aulter.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

caught: 1 Kings 2:28, Exodus 21:14, Exodus 38:2, Psalms 118:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 27:2 - horns of it upon the four corners thereof 1 Kings 2:13 - Adonijah 1 Chronicles 29:24 - all the sons Ecclesiastes 8:3 - stand

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon,.... Lest he should seize him as an usurper and traitor, and put him to death:

and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar; either that which was at Gibeon, where the tabernacle now was; see 1 Kings 3:4; so Jarchi; or rather that which was nearest, the altar that David had built in the threshingfloor of Araunah, 2 Samuel 24:25; the altar was a sort of asylum, or refuge, for such who had committed any crime worthy of death; not by divine appointment, but by custom, it being supposed that none would presume to defile with blood that which was sacred to the Lord; or shed the blood of men where the blood of beasts was poured; or use severity and strict justice, but mercy, where sacrifices were offered to atone for sin, and mercy was shown on account of them; these were notions, and this a custom, which obtained very early, and even among the Jews; see Exodus 21:14; as well as among Gentiles; with whom it was usual, as to flee to the statues of their emperors, and to the temples of their deities, so likewise to their altars; this was customary among the Molossians, Samothracians, Crotoniatae, and Messenians; and particularly the altar of Jupiter Servator was an asylum, or place of refuge, to the Ithacians l. Cornelius Nepos m has given us an instance of one that fled to a temple of Neptune, and sat upon the altar for his security, as here Adonijah laid hold on the horns of this, that none might force him from it.

l Alexander ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 3. c. 20. m Vit. Pausan l. 4. c. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the “horns” of the altar, see Exodus 27:2 note. The altar to which Adonijah fled was probably in the “tabernacle” already referred to 1 Kings 1:39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 1:50. Adonijah feared — He knew he had usurped the kingdom, and had not his father's consent; and, as he finds now that Solomon is appointed by David, he knows well that the people will immediately respect that appointment, and that his case is hopeless; he therefore took sanctuary, and, fleeing to the tabernacle, laid hold on one of the horns of the altar, as if appealing to the protection of God against the violence of men. The altar was a privileged place, and it was deemed sacrilege to molest a man who had taken refuge there. See 1 Kings 2:28.


 
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