1 Kings 1:34–45

³⁴There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet ^danoint him king over Israel; and ^eblow the horn, and say, ¹‘Long live King Solomon!’ ³⁵Then 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 appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

³⁶Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, ^f“Amen! May the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. ^37gAs the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and ^hmake his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

³⁸So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁱBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, the ^jCherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. ³⁹Then Zadok the priest took a horn of ^koil from the tabernacle and ^lanointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, ^mand all the people said, ²“Long live King Solomon!” ⁴⁰And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound.

⁴¹Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?” ⁴²While he was still speaking, there came ⁿJonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said to him, “Come in, for ^oyou are a prominent man, and bring good news.”

⁴³Then Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. ⁴⁴The king has 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. ⁴⁵So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.