1 Kings 1:33-39

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

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ¹⁰  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 ¹¹  from the tent and poured it on ¹²  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

[1:33]  ¹ tn Heb “the king.”

[1:33]  ² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:33]  ³ 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]  ⁹ tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

[1:38]  ¹⁰ 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.

[1:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

[1:39]  ¹² tn Or “anointed.”