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1 Kings 8:31

If any man trespasses against his neighbor, and an oath is required of him to cause him to swear, and the oath comes before your altar in this house:
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Oath. In certain cases, an oath would clear a person, Exodus xxii. 11. Solomon prays that perjury may be disclosed. Altar. It was customary to touch the altar, when a person took an oath, as Hannibal did. K. Latinus says; Tango aras mediosque ignes et Numina testor Nulla dies pacem hanc Italis nec foedera rumpet. (Virgil, Æneid xii. 201.)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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