³⁴ And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there ^(A)anoint him king over Israel. ^(B)Then blow the trumpet and say, ^(C)‘Long live King Solomon!’

¹⁰ But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”

¹³ Then in haste ^(A)every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare^[a] steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, ^(B)“Jehu is king.”

¹⁴ And when she looked, there was the king standing ^(A)by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and ^(B)blowing trumpets. And Athaliah ^(C)tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”