1 Kings 1:43-47
1 Kings 1:43
But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, “On the contrary! Our lord King David has made Solomon king!
1 Kings 1:44
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.
1 Kings 1:45
Furthermore, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is going wild. This is the noise which you have heard.
1 Kings 1:46
Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.
1 Kings 1:47
Moreover, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.