1 Kings 1:22-45

22While she was still talking to the king, the prophet Nathan arrived.

23The servants told the king, “The prophet Nathan is here.” When he came to the king, he bowed down in front of him.

24Nathan said, “Your Majesty, you must have said that Adonijah will be king after you and that he will sit on your throne,

25because today he went and sacrificed many bulls, fattened calves, and sheep. He invited all the king’s sons, the army’s commanders, and the priest Abiathar ⌞to his feast⌟. They are eating and drinking with him and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

26But he didn’t invite me or the priest Zadok or Benaiah, who is Jehoiada’s son, or your servant Solomon.

27Did you allow this to happen without telling me who would sit on your throne next?”

28Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in here.” So she stood in front of him,

29and he swore an oath. He said, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord who has saved my life from all trouble lives,

30I will do today exactly what I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel. Your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne.”

31Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face touching the ground in front of the king. “May Your Majesty, King David, live forever!” she said.

32King David said, “Summon the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah, son of Jehoiada.” So they came to the king,

33and he said, “Take my officials with you. Put my son Solomon on my mule, and take him to Gihon.

34Have the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan anoint him king of Israel there. Then blow the ram’s horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

35Follow him ⌞back⌟ here when he comes to sit on my throne. He will be king in place of me. I have appointed him to be the leader of Israel and Judah.”

36“So be it!” Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, answered the king. “The Lord your God says so too.

37As the Lord has been with you, so may he be with Solomon. May Solomon be an even greater king than you, King David.”

38Then the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah (son of Jehoiada), the Cherethites, and the Pelethites put Solomon on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon.

39The priest Zadok took the container of olive oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the ram’s horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

40All the people followed him, blew flutes, and celebrated so loudly that their voices shook the ground.

41Adonijah and all his guests heard this as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the horn, he asked, “What’s the reason for the noise in the city?”

42He was still speaking when Jonathan, son of the priest Abiathar, arrived. “Come in,” Adonijah said. “You’re an honorable man, so you must be bringing good news.”

43“Not at all,” Jonathan answered Adonijah. “His Majesty King David has made Solomon king.

44The king has sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah (son of Jehoiada), the Cherethites, and the Pelethites with him. They have put him on the king’s mule.

45The priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan have anointed him king at Gihon. They have come from there celebrating, so the city is excited. That is the sound you heard.