1 Kings 1:51

“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.”

"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." - 1 Kings 1:51
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What does 1 Kings 1:51 mean?

The verse 1 Kings 1:51 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "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 today that he will not slay his servant…

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Holding Fast at the Altar: Lessons from Adonijah's Fear

**Scriptural Reference: 1 Kings 1:51** "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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A Prayer for Mercy and Transformation

O Sovereign Lord, Almighty God, As I come before Your throne of grace today, I reflect deeply on the words from 1 Kings 1:51, where it is proclaimed, "And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar…

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1 Kings 1:51 - "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."
1 Kings 8:51 - "For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:"
1 Kings 22:51 - "¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel."
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Leviticus 14:51
1 Kings 7:51 - "So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD."
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
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1 Chronicles 1:51 - "¶ Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,"
"For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:" - 1 Kings 8:51
1 Chronicles 2:51 - "Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader."
1 Samuel 14:51 - "And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel."
1 Chronicles 6:51 - "Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,"
Luke 1:51 - "He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts."
"¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel." - 1 Kings 22:51
1 Corinthians 15:51 - "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,"
"¶ Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth," - 1 Chronicles 1:51
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Psalms 51:1 - "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."
Lamentations 3:48-51 KJV Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. (49) Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, (50) Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. (51) Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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Isaiah 51:1 - "Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged."
Jeremiah 51:1 - "Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;"