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!