1 Kings 1:38

38 So Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and the Kereti and the Peleti, went down, and caused Shlomo to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gichon.

1 Kings 1:38 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:38

So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada
The three men that David sent for on this occasion:

and the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
not the sanhedrim, as Ben Gersom, but David's guards, over whom Benaiah was: these

went down;
from Jerusalem;

and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule;
as he had ordered:

and brought him to Gihon;
or Siloah, as the Targum; hence the Jews say {e}, they do not anoint a king but at a fountain; but this is the only instance of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 T. Bab. Ceritot, fol. 5. 2.

1 Kings 1:38 In-Context

36 Benayah the son of Yehoiada answered the king, and said, Amein: the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so [too].

37 As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Shlomo, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

38 So Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada, and the Kereti and the Peleti, went down, and caused Shlomo to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gichon.

39 Tzadok the Kohen took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Shlomo. They blew the shofar; and all the people said, [Long] live king Shlomo.

40 All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the eretz shook with the sound of them.