39. Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the ram’s horn, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!"
40. All the people followed him playing flutes and celebrating. The ground shook at their noise.
41. Adonijah and all his invited guests heard this when they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he said, "What’s that noise coming from the city?"
42. While he was still speaking, Jonathan, Abiathar the priest’s son, arrived.Adonijah said, "Come on in! You are an honest man and will bring a good report."
43. Jonathan replied to Adonijah, "No! Our master King David has made Solomon king!
44. To support him, the king sent along Zadok the priest; the prophet Nathan; Benaiah, Jehoiada’s son; and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They’ve put Solomon on the royal mule.