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1 Kings 1:43-45
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43 Jonathan replied[a] to Adonijah: “No![b] Our master[c] King David has made Solomon king. 44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule. 45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed[d] him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

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  1. 1 Kings 1:43 tn Heb “answered and said.”
  2. 1 Kings 1:43 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (ʾaval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.
  3. 1 Kings 1:43 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
  4. 1 Kings 1:45 tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.
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