1 Kings 1:39 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

1 Kings 1:39

37 ^aAs the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and ^bmake his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, the ^bCherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.

39 Then Zadok the priest took a horn of ^aoil from the tabernacle and ^banointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, ^cand all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

40 And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound.

41 Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?”

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).