49. All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.
50. Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
51. Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
52. Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject, not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, he will die.”
53. King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.”