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1 Kings 1:45 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 45
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.1 Kings 1:45 · King James Version
1 Kings 1:45 in context
43And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rejoicingsâmêachblithe or gleefulH8056 →
- anointedmâshachto rub with oilH4886 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- NathanNâthânNathan, the name of five IsraelitesH5416 →
- ZadokTsâdôwqTsadok, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH6659 →
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We have here, I. The tidings of Solomon's inauguration brought to Adonijah and his party, in the midst of their jollity: They had made an end of eating, and, it should seem, it was a great while before they made an end, for all the affair of Solomon's anointing was ordered and finished while they were at dinner,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-53