1 Kings 1:38 - Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Bible Study & Commentary

Verse 38

SOLOMON WAS ANOINTED KING OVER ALL ISRAEL

"So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and caused Solomon to ride upon David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon. And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them."

Well, this did it! This was not a mere demonstration of David's intention. Solomon was now sitting upon the throne itself. He had even ridden publicly upon the king's own mule, a symbolical maneuver of the very greatest importance in the eyes of the people. He had been formally anointed by Zadok the priest and with the full approval of the great prophet Nathan as "King over all Israel." Benaiah and the mighty men of David rallied strong sections of the army around them and began blowing the trumpet and shouting up and down the streets of Jerusalem, "Long live king Solomon"! The practiced ear of Joab quickly picked up the sound of the trumpet.

JOAB AND ADONIJAH GOT THE BAD NEWS

Josephus tells us that Joab and others were about to begin eating when they heard the sound of the trumpet and that they at once lost all desire to take any food.[7]

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