49. Then all of Adonijah’s guests jumped up in panic from the banquet table and quickly scattered.
50. Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rushed to the sacred tent and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
51. Word soon reached Solomon that Adonijah had seized the horns of the altar in fear, and that he was pleading, “Let King Solomon swear today that he will not kill me!”
52. Solomon replied, “If he proves himself to be loyal, not a hair on his head will be touched. But if he makes trouble, he will die.”