1 Kings 1:32-34

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Solomon Is Anointed King

³²Then King David said, “Tell Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to come in here.” So the three men came in to meet with the king. ³³Then the king said to them, “Take my officers with you. Put my son Solomon on my mule and take him to Gihon Spring.^[a] ³⁴There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him to be the new king of Israel. Blow the trumpet and announce, ‘This is the new king, Solomon!’

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1 Kings 1:33 Gihon Spring A spring of water just outside the city walls in the valley east of Jerusalem. It was the main source of water for the city of Jerusalem.