1 Kings 1:31-37

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

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ²  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king, 1:33 and he ³  told them, “Take your master’s ⁴  servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. ⁵  1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint ⁶  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 ⁷  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.” 1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ⁸  to the king: “So be it! ⁹  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 

[1:31]  ¹ tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

[1:32]  ² sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

[1:33]  ³ tn Heb “the king.”

[1:33]  ⁴ tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

[1:34]  ⁴ tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

[1:35]  ⁵ tn Or “commanded.”

[1:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ⁷ tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[1:37]  ⁷ tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”