30. your son Solomon will be the next king and will sit on my throne this very day, just as I vowed to you before the lord, the God of Israel.”
31. Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!”
32. Then King David ordered, “Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came into the king’s presence,
33. the king said to them, “Take Solomon and my officials down to Gihon Spring. Solomon is to ride on my own mule.
34. There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. Blow the ram’s horn and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
35. Then escort him back here, and he will sit on my throne. He will succeed me as king, for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
36. “Amen!” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied. “May the lord, the God of my lord the king, decree that it happen.
37. And may the lord be with Solomon as he has been with you, my lord the king, and may he make Solomon’s reign even greater than yours!”