1 Kings 1
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1 Kings 1:32-40

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

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

34There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

35Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

36Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: “So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it!

37As 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!”

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

39Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil from the tent and poured it on Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

40All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.

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