36 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, So be it, and the Lord God of my lord the king [a]ratify it.

37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, so be he with Solomon, and exalt his throne above the throne of my lord king David.

38 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 king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 1:36 Hebrew, say so.

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