1 Kings 1:33–39

³³The king said to them, “Take my servants ^xwith you, have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, ^yand take him down to Gihon. ^z34There, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him as king over Israel. ^aYou are to blow the ram’s horn ^band say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ ^c35You 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 ^dover Israel and Judah.” ^e

³⁶“Amen,” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. “May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it. ^f37Just as the Lord was with my lord the king, ^gso may He ^hbe with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.” ⁱ

³⁸Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites ^jwent down, had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. ³⁹Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. ^kThen they blew the ram’s horn, ^land all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!” ^m