1 Kings 1:34-39

1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint 1  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 2  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.” 1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded 3  to the king: “So be it! 4  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 5  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!” 6 

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites 7  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 8  from the tent and poured it on 9  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

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

2 tn Or “commanded.”

3 tn Heb “answered and said.”

4 tn Or “Amen.”

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

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

5 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.

6 tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Or “anointed.”