³⁴“And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall ^aanoint him there as king over Israel and ^bblow the trumpet and say, ‘^cLong live King Solomon!’

³⁵“Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne. And he shall be king in my place; for I have commanded him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

³⁶Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! Thus may Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say.

³⁷“^aAs Yahweh has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and ^bmake his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!”

Solomon Anointed King

³⁸So ^aZadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, ^bthe Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to ^cGihon.

³⁹Zadok the priest then ^atook the horn of oil from the tent and ^banointed Solomon. Then they ^cblew the trumpet, and all the people said, “^dLong live King Solomon!”

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Cross references

a 2 Sam 20:6, 7
b 2 Chr 32:30; 33:14
a 1 Sam 10:1; 16:3, 12; 2 Sam 5:3; 1 Kin 19:16; 2 Kin 9:3
b 2 Sam 15:10
c 1 Kin 1:25
a Josh 1:5, 17; 1 Sam 20:13
b 1 Kin 1:47
a 1 Kin 1:8
b 2 Sam 8:18
c 1 Kin 1:33
a Ex 30:23–32; Ps 89:20
b 1 Chr 29:22
c 1 Kin 1:34
d 1 Sam 10:24