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1 Kings 1:37-39
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37 As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”[a]

38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites[b] went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. 39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil[c] from the tent and poured it on[d] Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

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  1. 1 Kings 1:37 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:38 sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.
  3. 1 Kings 1:39 tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.sn A horn filled with oil. An animal’s horn was used as an oil flask in the anointing ceremony.
  4. 1 Kings 1:39 tn Or “anointed.”
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