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1 Kings 1:36-38
New Century Version
1 Kings 1:36-38
New Century Version
36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! This is what the Lord, the God of my master, has declared! 37 The Lord has always helped you, our king. May he also help Solomon and make King Solomon’s throne an even greater throne than yours.”
38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada left with the Kerethites and Pelethites.[a] They put Solomon on King David’s mule and took him to the spring called Gihon.
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- 1:38 Kerethites and Pelethites These were probably special units of the army that were responsible for the king’s safety, a kind of palace guard.
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