Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Anoint him - Inauguration into each of the three offices (those of prophet, priest, and king) typical of the Messiah or Anointed One, was by anointing with oil. Divine appointment had already instituted the rite in connection with the kingly office II Samuel 2:4; but after Solomon we have no express mention of the anointing of kings, except in the three cases of Jehu, Joash, and Jehoahaz II Kings 9:6; II Kings 11:12; II Kings 23:30, who were all appointed irregularly. At the time of the captivity, kings, whose anointing has not been related in the historical books, still bear the title of "the anointed of the Lord." Lamentations 4:20; Psalms 89:38, Psalms 89:51.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 1:34:
2 Samuel 23:20
2 Kings 23:30
Daniel 9:24
2 Corinthians 1:21
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