36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! Thus may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say. 37 (A)As the Lord 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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36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be with(A) Solomon to make his throne even greater(B) than the throne of my lord King David!”

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

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