¹⁵ Above that, the altar hearth^(A) is four cubits high, and four horns^(B) project upward from the hearth.

² Make a horn^(A) at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.

⁹ His sons brought the blood to him,^(A) and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.^(B)

Woe to David’s City

²⁸ When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns^(A) of the altar.