1 Kings 1 39-1 Kings 2 4
The priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed,“ Long live King Solomon!”All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth split open from the sound.Adonijah and all the invited guests who were with him heard the noise as they finished eating. Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn and said,“ Why is the town in such an uproar?”He was still speaking when Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest, suddenly arrived. Adonijah said,“ Come in, for you are an important man, and you must be bringing good news.”“ Unfortunately not,” Jonathan answered him.“ Our lord King David has made Solomon king.And with Solomon, the king has sent the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king’s mule.The priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan have anointed him king in Gihon. They have gone up from there rejoicing. The town has been in an uproar; that’s the noise you heard.Solomon has even taken his seat on the royal throne.“ The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying,‘ May your God make the name of Solomon more well known than your name, and may he make his throne greater than your throne.’ Then the king bowed in worship on his bed.And the king went on to say this:‘ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel! Today he has provided one to sit on my throne, and I am a witness.’”Then all of Adonijah’s guests got up trembling and went their separate ways.Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.It was reported to Solomon,“ Look, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying,‘ Let King Solomon first swear to me that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”Then Solomon said,“ If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, he dies.”So King Solomon sent for him, and they took him down from the altar. He came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him,“ Go to your home.”As the time approached for David to die, he ordered his son Solomon,“ As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and be a man,and keep your obligation to the LORD your God to walk in his ways and to keep his statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees. This is written in the law of Moses, so that you will have success in everything you do and wherever you turn,and so that the LORD will fulfill his promise that he made to me:‘ If your sons take care to walk faithfully before me with all their heart and all their soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’