1 Kings 1:31-37

1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king, 1:33 and he told them, “Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. 1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.” 1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: “So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 10  1:37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!” 11 


tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

sn SummonNathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

tn Heb “the king.”

tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

tn Or “commanded.”

tn Heb “answered and said.”

tn Or “Amen.”

tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”