1 Kings 1:50-52

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵⁰ And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose, and went, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

⁵¹ And they told Solomon, saying: Behold Adonias, fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of the horn of the altar, saying: Let king Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword.

⁵² And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground: but if evil be found in him, he shall die.