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.
We have here, I. The tidings of Solomon's inauguration brought to Adonijah and his party, in the midst of their jollity: They had made an end of eating, and, it should seem, it was a great while before they made an end, for all the affair of Solomon's anointing was ordered and finished while they were at dinner, glutting themselves.
Commenting on 1 Kings 1:41-53
So King Solomon sent, and they brought down Adonijah from the altar,.... It being built upon an hill, as both that at Gibeon, and in Araunah's threshing floor, were: and he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; in a way of reverence and subjection, acknowledging him to be king, and himself his subject: and Solomon said to him, go to thine house; in peace...
they brought him down from the altar--from the ledge around the altar on which he was standing. he bowed himself--that is, did homage to Solomon as king. Next: 1 Kings Chapter 2