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1 Kings 1:33-39

33 And the king said to them, “Take with you ^athe servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to ^bGihon. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there ^canoint him king over Israel. ^dThen blow the trumpet and say, ^e‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.” 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so. 37 ^fAs the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon ^gand make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, ^hand the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon. 39 There Zadok the priest took the horn of ⁱoil from the tent and ^janointed Solomon. ^kThen they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, ^l“Long live King Solomon!”