1 Kings 1:38

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Kings 1:38 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
1 Kings 1:38 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
38So 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.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, etc.] The three men that David sent for on this occasion: and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; not the sanhedrim, as Ben Gersom, but David’s guards, over whom Benaiah was: these went down; from Jerusalem; and caused Solomon to ride upon King David’s mule; as he had ordered: and brought him to Gihon; or Siloah, as the Targum; hence the Jews say , they do not anoint a king but at a fountain; but this is the only instance of it. f12”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“1:38 The king’s bodyguard were foreign mercenaries from Crete; they served David throughout his reign (2 Sam 8:18; 15:18; 20:7).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Zadok: Kg1 1:8, Kg1 1:26 the Cherethites: Sa1 30:14; Sa2 8:18, Sa2 15:18, Sa2 20:20-23; Ch1 18:17; Zep 2:5 king David's: Kg1 1:33 3 Kings (1 Kings) 1:39”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The anointing of Solomon was carried out immediately, as the king had commanded. On the Crethi and Plethi see at Sa2 8:18. "The oil-horn out of the tent" (i.e., a vessel made of horn and containing oil) was no doubt one which held the holy anointing oil, with which the priests and the vessels of the sanctuary were anointed (see Exo 30:22.). The tent (האהל), however, is not the tabernacle at Gibeon, but the tent set up by David for the ark of the covenant upon Mount Zion ( Sa2 6:17). For even though Zadok was appointed high priest at the tabernacle at Gibeon, and Abiathar, who held with Adonijah, at the ark of the covenant, the two high priests were not so unfriendly towards one another, that…”
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