29. the king swore, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
30. this very day I will fulfill the oath I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Your son Solomon shall be king after me and shall sit upon my throne in my place.’”
31. Bowing to the floor in homage to the king, Bathsheba said, “May my lord, King David, live forever!”
32. Then King David said, “Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, son of Jehoiada.” When they had entered the king’s presence,
33. he said to them: “Take with you the royal officials. Mount my son Solomon upon my own mule and escort him down to Gihon.
34. There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall anoint him king over Israel, and you shall blow the ram’s horn and cry, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
35. When you come back up with him, he is to go in and sit upon my throne. It is he that shall be king in my place: him I designate ruler of Israel and of Judah.”
36. Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, answered the king: “So be it! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so decree!
37. As the Lord has been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne even greater than that of my lord, King David!”
38. So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and Pelethites went down, and mounting Solomon on King David’s mule, escorted him to Gihon.
39. Then Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the ram’s horn and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
40. Then all the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing so much the earth split with their shouting.
41. Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it, just as they ended their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “Why this uproar in the city?”