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1 Kings 1:51

in 1 Kings 1

It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

KJV

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

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This verse in 1 Kings 1

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The horns or projections at the four corners of the altar, to which the sacrifices were bound, and which were tipped with the blood of the victim, were symbols of grace and salvation to the sinner. Hence the altar was regarded as a sanctuary (Ex 21:14), but not to murderers, rebels, or deliberate perpetrators.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He owns Solomon for his prince, and himself his servant, dares not justify himself, but makes supplication to his judge. It was a great change with him. He that in the morning was grasping at a crown is before night begging for his life.
And it was told Solomon,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

David, as recorded in the foregoing chapter, had, by the great mercy of God, escaped the sword of the destroying angel. But our deliverances from or through diseases and dangers are but reprieves; if the candle be not blown out, it will burn out of itself. We have David here sinking under the infirmities of old age, and brought by them to the gates of the grave.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֻּגַּ֤דand it was told

    vaiyugadH5046 →370 times

  • לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙to Solomon

    lishlomohH8010 →291 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • הִנֵּה֙there!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּAdonijah

    ʾadoniyahuH138 →26 times

  • יָרֵ֖אhe fears

    yare'H3372 →315 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • וְ֠הִנֵּהand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • אָחַ֞זhe has taken hold

    ʾachazH270 →67 times

  • בְּקַרְנ֤וֹתon [the] horns of

    bekarnotH7161 →76 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙the altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • יִשָּֽׁבַֽע־let him swear

    yishava'-H7650 →186 times

  • לִ֤יto me

    li

  • כַיּוֹם֙as the day

    khaiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • יָמִ֥יתhe will put to death

    yamitH4191 →839 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַבְדּ֖וֹservant his

    avdoH5650 →799 times

  • בֶּחָֽרֶב׃by the sword

    becharevH2719 →413 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 1 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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