(51) And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword. (52) And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. (53) So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
Solomon begins his administration in mercy. Go to thine house, said he to Adonijah. But our Jesus's whole administration is mercy. I have said, mercy shall be set up forever. Go and sin no more, is the language of Jesus to the poor, self condemned adulteress. John 8:11.