the anointing was performed by a prophet (see 19:15–18; 2 Kin. 9:1–10). Every priestly anointing would recall the words of Ps. 2, in accordance with the words of the Davidic covenant of 2 Sam. 7. The anointing announced that the anointed one was now the adopted son of the living God. Every anointing in the Old Testament points forward to the ultimate Anointed One, the Messiah Jesus. The blowing of the horn celebrated and announced the anointing of a new king. The joy of the people seemed boundless,