1 Kings 1:34–45

³⁴There, the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan are to anoint him as king over Israel.^j You are to blow the trumpet^k and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’^{l 35}You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler^m over Israel and Judah.”ⁿ

³⁶“Amen,” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. “May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.^{o 37}Just as the Lord was with my lord the king,^p so may he^C be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”^q

³⁸Then the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites^r went down, had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. ³⁹The priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon.^s Then they blew the trumpet,^t and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”^{u 40}All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy^v that the earth split open from the sound.^A

ADONIJAH HEARS OF SOLOMON’S CORONATION

⁴¹Adonijah and all the invited guests who were with him^w heard the noise as they finished eating. Joab heard the sound of the trumpet and said, “Why is the town in such an uproar?”^{x 42}He was still speaking when Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest,^y suddenly arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are an important man, and you must be bringing good news.”^z

⁴³“Unfortunately not,” Jonathan answered him. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king. ⁴⁴And with Solomon, the king has sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king’s mule. ⁴⁵The priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan have anointed him king in Gihon.^aa They have gone up from there rejoicing. The town has been in an uproar; that’s the noise you heard.