³⁸So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the ^dCherethites, and the ^ePelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon. ³⁹And Zadok the priest took an horn of ^foil out of the tabernacle, and ^ganointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and ^hall the people said, God save king Solomon. ⁴⁰And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with ^||pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

⁴¹And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? ⁴²And while he yet spake, behold, ⁱJonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for ^jthou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. ⁴³And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. ⁴⁴And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the ^kCherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule: ⁴⁵And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city ^lrang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. ⁴⁶And also Solomon ^msitteth on the throne of the kingdom. ⁴⁷And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and ⁿmake his throne greater than thy throne. And the king ^obowed himself upon the bed. ⁴⁸And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which ^phath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. ⁴⁹And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

⁵⁰And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and ^qcaught hold on the horns of the altar.

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Footnotes

dver. 44. See 1 Sam. 30:14.
eSee 2 Sam. 8:18.
f Ex. 30:23–32. So Ps. 89:20.
g 1 Chr. 29:22. So 1 Chr. 23:1.
hver. 25. So 1 Sam. 10:24.
||Or, flutes. Isai. 5:12. & 30:29. Jer. 48:36.
jSo 2 Sam. 18:27.
kver. 38.
lSee 1 Sam. 4:5. Comp. ver. 40.
mComp. 1 Chr. 29:23.
nver. 37.
oSo Gen. 47:31.
pch. 3:6.
qch. 2:28. Comp. Ex. 27:2.

Cross references

i 2 Sam. 15:27, 36. & 17:17.

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