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1 Kings 1:39 Explained in Context
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Verse 39. 39And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Solomon is anointed at Gihon.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 1:32–40
Read 1 Kings 1:39 with 1:32–40. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Summons Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah as the officers who will implement David's decision; depicts the people's procession and earth-shaking celebration after Solomon's anointing.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 1:39 depends on 1:32–40; isolating “And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Solomon is anointed at Gihon.”
Read 1 Kings 1:32–40 together
Why these verses belong together: Solomon is anointed at Gihon is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 1:32–1:40.
Verse 32. 32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
Verse 33. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
Verse 34. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
Verse 35. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
Verse 36. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
Verse 37. 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
Verse 38. 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.
Verse 39. 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
Verse 40. 40 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.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
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