1 Kings 1:49-51

Good News Translation

⁴⁹ Then Adonijah's guests were afraid, and they all got up and left, each going his own way. ⁵⁰ Adonijah, in great fear of Solomon, went to the Tent of the Lord's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.^{[a] 51} King Solomon was told that Adonijah was afraid of him and that he was holding on to the corners of the altar and had said, “First, I want King Solomon to swear to me that he will not have me put to death.”