1 Kings 1:38–50

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!”

⁴⁰All the people went up after him, and the people ¹were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth ²shook at their noise.

⁴¹Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why ¹is the city making such an uproar?”

⁴²While he was still speaking, behold, ^aJonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said, “Come in, for ^byou are a valiant man and bring good news.”

⁴³But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, “No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

⁴⁴“The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king’s mule.

⁴⁵“Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, ^aso that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise which you have heard.

⁴⁶“Besides, ^aSolomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.

⁴⁷“Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May ^ayour God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!’ And ^bthe king bowed himself on the bed.

⁴⁸“The king has also said thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who ^ahas granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.’ ”

⁴⁹Then all the guests of Adonijah were terrified; and they arose and each went on his way.

⁵⁰And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and ^atook hold of the horns of the altar.