39 Zadok the priest then (A)took the horn of oil from the tent and (B)anointed Solomon. Then they (C)blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “(D)Long live King Solomon!” 40 All the people went up after him, and the people [a]were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth [b]shook at their noise.

41 Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why [c]is the city making such an uproar?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:40 Lit fluting
  2. 1 Kings 1:40 Lit was split
  3. 1 Kings 1:41 Lit is the sound of the city an uproar