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And the king said to them, "Take with you ^(C1)the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to ^(C2)Gihon.

"And have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet ^(C1)anoint him there as king over Israel, and ^(C2)blow the trumpet and say, '^(C3)Long live King Solomon!'

"Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah."

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say the same.

"^(C1)Just as the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and ^(C2)make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!"

So ^(C1)Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, ^(C2)the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and brought him to ^(C3)Gihon.

And Zadok the priest then ^(C1)took the horn of oil from the tent and ^(C2)anointed Solomon. Then they ^(C3)blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "^(C4)Long live King Solomon!"

And all the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth ^(F1)shook at their noise.

Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard this as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, "Why is the ^(F1)city making such an uproar?"

While he was still speaking, behold, ^(C1)Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said, "Come in, for ^(C2)you are a valiant man and you bring good news."

But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, "On the contrary! Our lord King David has made Solomon king!

"The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have mounted him on the king's mule.

"Furthermore, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, ^(C1)so that the city is going wild. This is the noise which you have heard.

"Besides, ^(C1)Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.

"Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May ^(C1)your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne!' And ^(C2)the king bowed himself on the bed.

"The king has also said this: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who ^(C1)has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.'"