31. Then Bathsheba bowed low with her face toward the ground. She got down on her knees in front of the king. She said, "King David, you are my master. May you live forever!"
32. King David said, "Tell the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan to come in. Also tell Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, to come." So they came to the king.
33. He said to them, "Take my officials with you. Put my son Solomon on my own mule. Take him down to the Gihon spring.
34. Have the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan anoint him as king over Israel there. Blow a trumpet. Shout, 'May King Solomon live a long time!'
35. Then come back up to the city with him. Have him sit on my throne. He will rule in my place. I've appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah."
36. Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answered the king. "Amen!" he said. "May the Lord your God make it come true.