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1 Kings 1:39 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 39
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.1 Kings 1:39 · King James Version
1 Kings 1:39 in context
37As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
40And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
41And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernacleʼôhela tentH168 →
- anointedmâshachto rub with oilH4886 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- trumpetshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- ZadokTsâdôwqTsadok, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH6659 →
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We have here the effectual care David took both to secure Solomon's right and to preserve the public peace, by crushing Adonijah's project in the bud. Observe, I. The express orders he gave for the proclaiming of Solomon.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 32-40