31. Then Bathsheba bowed facedown on the ground before the king. She said, “Long live my master King David!”
32. Then King David said, “Tell Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to come in here.” So they came before the king.
33. Then the king said to them, “Take my servants with you and put my son Solomon on my own mule. Take him down to the spring called Gihon.
34. There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet should pour olive oil on him and make him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
35. Then come back here with him. He will sit on my throne and rule in my place. I have chosen him to be the ruler over Israel and Judah.”
36. Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “This is good! And may your God make it happen.
37. The Lord has always helped you, our king. Let the Lord also help Solomon. And let King Solomon be an even greater king than you.”
38. So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada went down. The Kerethites and Pelethites, the king’s bodyguards, went with them. They put Solomon on King David’s mule and went with him to the spring called Gihon.
39. Zadok the priest took with him the container of olive oil from the Holy Tent. He poured the olive oil on Solomon’s head to show he was the king. Then they blew the trumpet. And all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
40. All the people followed Solomon into the city. They were playing flutes and shouting for joy. They made so much noise the ground shook.