Study it in the app“So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and set Solomon on the mule of King David, and brought him to Gihon.”
So Zadokוַ צָדוֹקthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןand Nathanוְנָתָןthe prophet,הַנָּבִיאand Benaiahוּבְנָיָהוּsonבֶןof Jehoiada,יְהוֹיָדָעand the Cherethitesוְהַכְּרֵתִיand the Pelethitesוְהַפְּלֵתִיwent downיֵּרֶדand setוַיַּרְכִּבוּSolomonאֶת שְׁלֹמֹהonעַלthe muleפִּרְדַּתof KingהַמֶּלֶךְDavid,דָּוִדand broughtוַיֹּלִכוּhimאֹתוֹtoעַלGihon.גִּחוֹן
Zadok
Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."
Where else “tsadok” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsNathan
Nathan: the name of several men; the best known are a son of David born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:14) and the prophet who spoke to David (2 Samuel 7; 12). It means "he has given."
Where else “natan” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsBenaiah
Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."
Where else “venayahu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsJehoiada
Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."
Where else “yehoyada” appearsKerethites
Kerethite: a member of a people neighboring the Philistines, in the south. Later there were Kerethites in David's personal guard (2 Samuel 8:18).
Where else “kereti” appearsPelethites
Pelethites: together with the Kerethites, King David's personal guard.
Where else “peleti” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appearsset on
To set someone on a mount.
Where else “yarkivu” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsfemale mule
She-mule: the female of the mule. It was the king's mount; to ride on David's mule showed whom he had chosen (1 Kings 1:33).
Where else “pirdat” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearslead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “yolichu” appearsGihon
Gihon, one of the four rivers of Eden, which is not known for certain; also a spring beside Jerusalem.
Where else “gichon” appears37As YHWH has been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make greater his throne than the throne of my lord King David!”
38 · This verse (above)
39And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”
