35. Follow him back here when he comes to sit on my throne. He will succeed me as king, because he is the one I have chosen to be the ruler of Israel and Judah.”
36. “It shall be done,” answered Benaiah, “and may the Lord your God confirm it.
37. As the Lord has been with Your Majesty, may he also be with Solomon, and make his reign even more prosperous than yours.”
38. So Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and the royal bodyguard put Solomon on King David's mule, and escorted him to the spring of Gihon.