1 Kongebok 1:51

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Da blev det meldt Salomo: Adonja er redd kong Salomo, og nu har han grepet fatt i alterets horn og sier: Kong Salomo må ennu idag tilsverge mig at han ikke vil la sin tjener dø for sverdet!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:14 - take him

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was told Solomon,.... By some of his courtiers:

saying, behold, Adonijah feareth King Solomon; lest he should take away his life:

for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar; which was the last resort of the guilty when they despaired of mercy otherwise:

saying, let King Solomon swear unto me this day that he will not slay his servant with the sword; he owns Solomon to be king, and himself his subject and servant; this no doubt he did to conciliate his favour, nor did he think his life safe, unless Solomon promised with an oath, that he would not take it away.