1 Kings 1:32-38

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ¹  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king, 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  1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint ⁵  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 ⁶  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.” 1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ⁷  to the king: “So be it! ⁸  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! ⁹  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!” ¹⁰ 

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ¹¹  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

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

[1:33]  ² tn Heb “the king.”

[1:33]  ³ tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

[1:34]  ³ tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

[1:35]  ⁴ tn Or “commanded.”

[1:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ⁶ tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[1:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

[1:38]  ⁷ 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.