1 Kings 1:43-48

1:43 Jonathan replied¹ to Adonijah: “No!² Our master³ King David has made Solomon king. 1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule. 1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed⁴ him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear. 1:46 Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne.⁵ 1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate⁶ our master⁷ King David, saying, ‘May your God⁸ make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’⁹ Then the king leaned¹⁰ on the bed 1:48 and said¹¹ this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because¹² today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”¹³

¹tn Heb “answered and said.”

²tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.

³tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

⁴tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

⁷tn Heb “And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.”

¹⁰tn Heb “to bless.”

¹¹tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

¹²tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

¹³tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

¹⁴tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

¹³tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

¹⁴tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

¹⁵tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”