1 Kings 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; ¹  see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise ²  me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Kings 2:28-29

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ³  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ⁴  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ⁵  2:29 When King Solomon heard ⁶  that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ⁷  “Go, strike him down.”

1 Kings 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ⁸  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ⁹ 

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ¹⁰  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹²  against the altar in Bethel ¹³  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹⁴  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ¹⁵  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ¹⁶  around on the altar they had made. ¹⁷ 

[1:51]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:51]  ² tn Or “swear an oath to.”

[2:28]  ³ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ⁵ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[2:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

[2:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”

[9:25]  ⁷ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[13:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:2]  ¹⁰ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

[13:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ¹² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ¹³ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[18:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

[18:26]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

[18:26]  ¹⁵ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.