ome, David said, "I swear by Almighty God, that thy son
Solomon shall certainly he king, as I formerly swore; and that he
shall sit upon my throne, and that this very day also." So Bathsheba
worshipped him, and wished him a long life; and the king sent for Zadok
the high priest, and Benaiah the captain of the guards; and when they
were come, he ordered them to take with them Nathan the prophet, and
all the armed men about the palace, and to set his son Solomon upon the
king's mule, and to carry him out of the city to the fountain called
Gihon, and to anoint him there with the holy oil, and to make him king.
This he charged Zadok the high priest, and Nathan the prophet, to do,
and commanded them to follow Solomon through the midst of the city, and
to sound the trumpets, and wish aloud that Solomon the king may sit upon
the royal throne for ever, that so all the people may know that he is
ordained king by his father. He also gave Solomon a charge concerning
his government, to rule the whole nation of the Hebrews, and
particularly the tribe of Judah, religiously and righteously. And when
Benaiah had prayed to God to be favorable to Solomon, without any delay
they set Solomon upon the mule, and brought him out of the city to
the fountain, and anointed him with oil, and brought him into the city
again, with acclamations and wishes that his kingdom might continue a
long time: and when they had introduced him into the king's house, they
set him upon the throne; whereupon all the people betook themselves
to make merry, and to celebrate a festival, dancing and delighting
themselves with musical pipes, till both the earth and the air echoed
with the multitude of the instruments of music.

6. Now when Adonijah and his guests perceived this noise, they were in
disorder; and Joab the captain of the host said he was not pleased with
these echoes, and the sound of these trumpets. And when supper was set
before them, nobody tasted of it, but they were all very thoughtful what
would be the matter. Then Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the high priest,
came running to them; and when Adonijah saw the young man gladly, and
said to him that he was a good messenger, he declared to them the whole
matter about Solomon, and the determination of king David: hereupon both
Adonijah and all the guests rose hastily from the feast, and every one
fled to their own homes. Adonijah also, as afraid of the king for what
he had done, became a supplicant to God