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Solomon was told, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for, behold, he is hanging onto the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
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Verse 51. Altar. At Gabaon, (2 Chronicles 1:3,) or at Sion. All nations seemed to grant the right of an asylum to sacred places; but only in favour of the innocent. Exodus 21:14. Calmet.
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