1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites 10 went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. 1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil 11 from the tent and poured it on 12 Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”
1 tn Heb “the king.”
2 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
3 tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”
4 tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).
5 tn Or “commanded.”
6 tn Heb “answered and said.”
7 tn Or “Amen.”
8 tn Heb “So may the
9 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”
10 sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.
11 tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Or “anointed.”