1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ¹  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 1:33

1:33 and he ²  told them, “Take your master’s ³  servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. ⁴ 

1 Kings 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁵  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

¹ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

² tn Heb “the king.”

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

⁴ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

³ 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.