32 King David said, “Call in Zadokb the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, 33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mulec and take him down to Gihon.d 34 There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointe him king over Israel. Blow the trumpetf and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 Then you are to go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be withg Solomon to make his throne even greaterh than the throne of my lord King David!”

38 So Zadoki the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethitesj and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.k 39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oill from the sacred tentm and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpetn and all the people shouted,o “Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him, playing pipesp and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.