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36 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! Thus may Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say. 37 (A)As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and (B)make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!”

Solomon Anointed King

38 So (C)Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, (D)the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to (E)Gihon.

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