Kings III 1
Brenton 1851 translation with original translator material, eBible HTML edition
38 And Sadoc the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Banæas son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of king David, and led him away to Gion.
39 And Sadoc the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, and blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Let king Solomon live.
40 And all the people went up after him, and they danced in choirs, and rejoiced with great joy, and the earth ‡‡‡quaked with their voice.
41 And Adonias and all his guests heard, and they had just left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What means the voice of the city in tumult?
42 While he was yet speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came in: and Adonias said, Come in, for thou art a mighty man, and thou comest to bring glad tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and said, Verily our lord king David has made Solomon king:
44 and the king has sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banæas the son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they have mounted him on the king's mule;
45 and Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Gion, and have gone up thence rejoicing, and the city resounded: this is the sound which ye have heard.
46 And Solomon is seated upon the throne of the kingdom.
47 And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord king David, saying, God §§§make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king worshipped upon his bed.
48 Moreover thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has this day *appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.
49 And all the guests of Adonias were dismayed, and every man went his way.
50 And Adonias feared because of Solomon, and arose, and departed, and laid hold on the horns of the altar.
51 And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonias fears king Solomon, and holds the horns of the altar, saying, Let Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.
53 And king Solomon sent, and they brought him away from the altar; and he went in and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.
Source notes
*1:5 Gr. made.
†1:7 Gr. came to his assistance.
‡1:8 Lit. mighty sons. Hebraism.
§1:9 So the Alex. The Vat. renders אבן as if it were אחי or אחה.
**1:9 Heb. and Alex. the fountain of Rogel.
††1:11 Gr. reigned.
‡‡1:11 Gr. knew.
§§1:14 Gr. fulfil.
***1:27 Gr. if.
†††1:37 Gr. magnify.
‡‡‡1:40 Gr. burst.
§§§1:47 Gr. do good or make good.
*1:48 Gr. given.