1 Kings 1:28-40

New International Reader's Version

David Makes Solomon King

²⁸King David said, “Tell Bathsheba to come in.” So she came and stood in front of the king.

²⁹Then the king made a promise. He said, “The Lord has saved me from all my troubles. You can be sure that he lives. ³⁰And you can be just as sure I will do what I promised. This is the day I will do what I promised in the name of the Lord. He is the God of Israel. I promised you that your son Solomon would be king after me. He will sit on my throne in my place.”

³¹Then Bathsheba bowed down in front of the king. Her face was toward the ground. She said, “King David, you are my master. May you live forever!”

³²King David said, “Tell Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet to come in. Also tell Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, to come.” So they came to the king. ³³He said to them, “Take my officials with you. Have my son Solomon get on my own mule. Take him down to the Gihon spring. ³⁴Have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him as king over Israel there. Blow a trumpet. Shout, ‘May King Solomon live a long time!’ ³⁵Then come back up to the city with him. Have him sit on my throne. He will rule in my place. I’ve appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

³⁶Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answered the king. “Amen!” he said. “May the Lord your God make it come true. ³⁷You are my king and master. The Lord has been with you. May he also be with Solomon. King David, may the Lord make Solomon’s kingdom even greater than yours!”

³⁸So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet left the palace. Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went with them. So did the Kerethites and Pelethites. They had Solomon get on King David’s mule. And they brought him down to the Gihon spring. ³⁹Zadok the priest had taken an animal horn from the sacred tent. The horn was filled with olive oil. He anointed Solomon with the oil. A trumpet was blown. All the people shouted, “May King Solomon live a long time!” ⁴⁰Then they went up toward the city. Solomon was leading the way. The people were playing flutes. They were filled with great joy. The ground shook because of all the noise.

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1 Kings 1:28-40

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David Makes Solomon King^(A)

²⁸Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

²⁹The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,^(B) ³⁰I will surely carry out this very day what I swore^(C) to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

³¹Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

³²King David said, “Call in Zadok^(D) the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, ³³he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule^(E) and take him down to Gihon.^(F) ³⁴There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint^(G) him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet^(H) and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ ³⁵Then you are to go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”

³⁶Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. ³⁷As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be with^(I) Solomon to make his throne even greater^(J) than the throne of my lord King David!”

³⁸So Zadok^(K) the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites^(L) and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.^(M) ³⁹Zadok the priest took the horn of oil^(N) from the sacred tent^(O) and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet^(P) and all the people shouted,^(Q) “Long live King Solomon!” ⁴⁰And all the people went up after him, playing pipes^(R) and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.