31. Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”
32. King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
33. and he told them, “Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.
34. There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
35. Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
36. Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: “So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it!
37. As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”
38. So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.
39. Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil from the tent and poured it on Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”
40. All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.
41. Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?”
42. As he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for an important man like you must be bringing good news.”
43. Jonathan replied to Adonijah: “No! Our master King David has made Solomon king.
44. The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.
45. Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.