1 Kings 1:39-53 ▼

39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of the oil from the tabernacle, and he anointed Solomon. And they blew with the shofar, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon.”

40 And all the people went up after him, and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, and the earth was split by their sound.

41 And Adonijah heard it, and all the guests who were with him, and they finished eating. And Joab heard the voice of the shofar. And he said, “Why is the noise of the city roaring?”

42 And while he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest came in. And Adonijah said to him, “Come in, for you are a man of valor and bring good news.”

43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “Truly our lord King David has made Solomon king.

44 And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they had him ride on the mule of the king.

45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, and the city rings out; it is the noise that you? have heard.

46 And Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

47 And also the servants of the king have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make better the name of Solomon than your name, and may He make greater his throne than your throne.’ And the king bowed low on the bed.

48 And thus the king said, ‘Blessed be YHWH, God of Israel, who has given one today to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”

49 And all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid and arose, and each man went on his way.

50 And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon. And he arose and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.

51 And it was told to Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, and behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put to death his servant with the sword.’”

52 And Solomon said, “If he is a son of strength not one hair of him shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”

53 And King Solomon sent and they brought him down from the altar, and he came and fell down before King Solomon. And Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”