KJV King James Version
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.
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1 Kings 1:45
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
WEB World English Bible
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
ASV American Standard Version
and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they anoint him—Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet—for king in Gihon, and are come up thence rejoicing, and the city is moved; it is the noise that ye have heard.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 1
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47 And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it].
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וַיִּמְשְׁח֣וּH4886 · ma.shachto anointאֹת֡וֹH853 · et[Obj.]צָד֣וֹקH6659 · tsa.doqZadokהַכֹּהֵ֣ןH3548 · ko.henpriestוְנָתָן֩H5416 · na.tanNathanהַנָּבִ֨יאH5030 · na.viprophetלְמֶ֜לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבְּגִח֗וֹןH1521 · gi.chonGihonוַיַּעֲל֤וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִשָּׁם֙H8033 · shamthereשְׂמֵחִ֔יםH8056 · sa.me.achgladוַתֵּהֹ֖םH1949 · humto make noiseהַקִּרְיָ֑הH7151 · qir.yahtownה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהַקּ֖וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichשְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃H8085 · sha.mato hear: hear
Cross-references
1 Kings 1:40And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.Daniel 5:26-28This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.1 Samuel 28:14And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself.1 Samuel 4:5And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.1 Kings 14:6And it was [so], when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent to thee [with] heavy [tidings].Ezra 3:13So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
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