⁵⁰ Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rushed to the sacred tent and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.

²⁸ Joab had not joined Absalom’s earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah’s rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah’s death, he ran to the sacred tent of the Lord and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.

² He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze.

² Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.

¹⁴ However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.