1 Kings 1:50 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. ”

1 Kings 1:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the “horns” of the altar, see Exodus 27:2 note. The altar to which Adonijah fled was probably in the “tabernacle” already referred to 1 Kings 1:39 .
1 Kings 1:50 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the (t) altar. (t) Which David his father had built in the floor of Araunah, ( 2 Samuel 24:25 ).
1 Kings 1:50 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Last Days of David and Accession of Solomon. This chapter with the following has many analogies with the court history of David (2 Samuel 11-20). The narrative bears every sign of an authentic acco...
1 Kings 1:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Adonijah feared - He knew he had usurped the kingdom, and had not his father's consent; and, as...
1 Kings 1:50 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Adonijah—went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar— Conscious that he had committed a crime worthy of death, in usurping the kingdom without his father's consent, and against the known de...
1 Kings 1:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Adonijah ... went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar - most probably the altar...
1 Kings 1:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

An Intrigue for the Succession This chapter relates Adonijah's attempt to obtain the succession, its defeat through the agency of Nathan, and the enthronement of Solomon. The history contained in...
1 Kings 1:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The horns of the altar . — The horns were projections from the altar, to which (see Psalms 118:27 ) the victims were fastened, and on which the blood was sprinkled ( Exodus 29:12 ). To take hold of...
1 Kings 1:50 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AN EASTERN COURT AND HOME 1 Kings 1:1-53 "Pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness." Ezekiel 16:49 A MAN does not choose his own destiny; it is ordained for higher ends than his...
1 Kings 1:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 1:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The two Books of Kings appear in the Hebrew Bible as one. Together they practically cover the whole period of kingly rule over the ancient people. The first Book deals mainly with events centering ar...
1 Kings 1:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(50) And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. God's altar was considered, in the wilderness state of the church, the refuge for sinners...
1 Kings 1:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon ,.... Lest he should seize him as an usurper and traitor, and put him to death: and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar ; either that...
1 Kings 1:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Ver. 50. On the horns of the altar. ] Which hitherto, haply, he had despised.
1 Kings 1:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Adonijah feared , &c. He fled to the altar for protection and safety, it being a privileged place; not, indeed, by the appointment of the law, but by the custom of all nations. And caught hold...
1 Kings 1:50 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ADONIJAH EXALTS HIMSELF (vs.1-10) Being 70 years old, David was near to death. He complained of the cold, though well covered with blankets. His servants thought that a young girl, a virgin, wou...
1 Kings 1:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon Proclaimed. B. C. 1015. 41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with hi...
1 Kings 1:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either that which was at Gibeon, as appears from 1 Chronicles 16:39 2 Chronicles 1:3 ; and was made with four horns, Exodus 38:2 ; to which the sacrifices were bound Psalms 118:27 . Or rat...
1 Kings 1:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 1:50 . Caught hold on the horns of the altar: an act by which he appealed to God and man that his life, forfeited by his attempted usurpation of the thr...
1 Kings 1:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:2 . A young virgin. This raised Abishag to the rank of a betrothed wife. No doubt there were precedents for this conduct, but history is silent on the subject. 1 Kings 1:5 . Then Adon...
1 Kings 1:50 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself. Usurpation David is “old and stricken in years.” Round about him there are certain proceedings which are almost always associated with the deat...
1 Kings 1:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF ADONIJAH AND THE ACCESSION OF SOLOMON .—The first chapter of this book is occupied with the accession of Solomon and with the circumstances which preced...
1 Kings 1:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Adonijah's Life Spared
1 Kings 1:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:28 ; Exodus 21:14 ; Exodus 38:2 ; Psalms 118:27

1 Kings 1:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 1:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 1:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 1:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 1:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:50 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 1:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 1:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 1:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 1:50 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 1:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 1:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 1:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge