z Who, upon Nathans approach to the King had modeſtly with. drawn her ſelf, either in another Room, or into another part of this Room, more remote from the Bed upon which David lay.
29 And the king ſware, and ſaid, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my ſoul out of all diſtreſs,
30 Even as I {ware unto thee by the LORD God of Iſrael, ſaying, Aſſuredly, Solomon thy ſon ſhall reign after me, and he (hall fit upon my throne in wy ſtead -; even ſo will I certainly do this day.
31 'Then Bathſheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and faid, Let my lord king David live for ever.
a i.e: For along time, as that word is oft uſed, as Chap? 2: 33; Dan: 2: 4 Though I deſire thy Oath may be kept, and the right of Succeſſion confirmed to my Son, yer I am tar from thirſting after thy death for his advancement, and ſhould rather rejoyce, 1t were poſſible for thee to live and enjoy thy Crown for ever.
32 © And king David ſaid,Call me Zadok the prieſt, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the ſon of Je- hoiada. And they came before the king.
33 The king alſo ſaid unto them, Take with you the ſervants of your lord b,and cauſe Solomon my ſon |,
to ride upon F mine own mule c, and bring him down 7 Heb:
k Which be. to Gihon d. vorad'os | b i: e, My publick Officers, and my Guards. c. As a token that we.
the Royal Dignity 1s transferred upon Solomon, and that by my con-
lent. Compare Ger: 41: 43. Eſth. 6. 8. A River near Jeruſalem,
on the Welt ſide, as may be gathered from 2 Chron. 32; 30- as
En-ragel, where Adonijah was inaugrated, was on' the Kaſt-ſide.
This place David choſe, either, as remote from Adonijah and his
company, that ſo the People might go thither,and. be there with-
out tear of Tumults or Bloodſhed ; or to ſhew that Solomon wag
choſen King in oppoſition to Adon;jah : or, becauſe this was a place
of great retort, and fit to receive and diſplay that numerous com=-
pany, which he knew would follow Solomon thither : or, that he
might from thence return and make the more magnificent eit=
trance into the City. | 34 And let Zadok the prieſt, and Nathan the pro- a
phet, aneint him there king e over Iſrael : and blow
ye with the trumpet f, and ſay, God ſave king Solo- mon.
e As they uſed to do where there was any thing new,or doubt- ful, or extraordinary in the Succeſſion, as 1 Sam. 10. 1. and 16: 12, 13- x Kings 19. 15, i6. 2 Kings 9.3. And this unction ſignified both the deſignation of the Perſons to the Office, and the Gifts and Graces which were neceſſary for their office, and which, rhey ſeeking them ſincerely from God, might expect to receive. f To make the action more Solemn, and Glorious, and Publick.
35 Then ye ſhall come up after him, that he may + come and fit upon my throne ; for he ſhall be king 1n
. ; N | my ſtead g ; and I have + appointed 4 him to be ruler + Heb. over Iſrael, and over Judah 5. commaniul
£ My Deputy and Vice-King Whilſt I live, and abſolutly King him.30 0r when I die. Or, if David and S»lomon were Joint-Kings, it is 10 more than was afterwards frequent at Rome, where the Father and Son,or two other Perſons were not ſeldom Joint-Emperors. 4 And that by Divine direction. # This is added, partly, as being the moſt eminent and Royal Tribe, it being frequent, together with the general diſtinction, ro mention one of the moſt eminent parti- cles, as 1 Kings 11, 1, Pſal. 18. title. Mark 16. 7. and partly, leſt the men of Judah, who were in a ſpecial manner invited by Adon ijah v. 9. might think themſc]ves exempted from hisJuriſdiction.
236 And Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada anſwered ithe king, and faid, Amen k: The LOR D God of imy lord the king ſay ſo zo I. , |
k Which was both an approbation of the Kings Fact, and a pro- feſſon of his Allegiance to the new King, and a Petition ro God! to ratiffie and confirm it. / The Lord 1tablith Solumons Throne: in ſpight of Aaomijah, and all his other Enemies» | |
37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the kitig, even ſo be he wich Solomon, and make his thrc-ne greater than the throne of my lord king David m».
m Which Petition, albeit it might have offended an unwonthy, vain-glorious and envious Father,he knew would be welcome to 1o
pious and generous a Man as David was, .and to one fo kind and indulgent to his Children.
38 So Zadok the prieſt, and Nathan the propkiet, and Benaiah the ſon of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, and cauſed Solomon to ride upon king Davids mule,and brought him to Gihcn. | 39 And Zadok the prieſt » took an horn of * Gil *£x0d3* out of the tabernacle 6, and anointed Solomon : an d 23:253* they blew the trumpet, and all the people ſaid, God! ſave king Solomon.
» For though he was not the High-Prieſt,he might do this office, eſpecially having the direction of the Prophet Nathan, wer, 34- o That which David had erected for the Ark, 2 Sam 6. 17. in whicks Oyl was kept for divers Sacred uſes . for Moſes his Tabernacle was at Gideon, 1 Chron: 16, 39. and 21: 29. which was too remote for the preſent occafion, which required all poſſible expedition.
' 49 Andall the people came up after him ?, and the people piped with || pipes,and rejoyced with great JOy q,, jOr,fu, ſo that the earth rent r with the ſound of chem. 21M | p Whig)
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» Which flocked thither in abundance, ſome our of curioſity to ſee ſo ſolemn an ation; others to do their Duty;and others in ex-
peQarion of ſome advantage by their chearful attendance upon the
King. Partly, becauſe this would certainly prevent Civ1) Wars, x what had ſo lately and ſo ſorely groaned, and which they had reafon to fear from Adonijah's pretence to the Crown, and the affiſtance he might have from the great and fa- mous Lord General Joab, and from Abiathar the High-prieſt, and from others who were or might eaſily be engaged for him, if Da- vid had not ended the Controverſie in. his life-time : and partly, becauſe of the ſingular wiſdont and virtue for which Solemm was even then famous. See chap. 2. 6, 9g. r An Hyperbolical Expreſ- ſion : yet even ſolid Bodies have been oft broken and rent by great ſounds. o
4x 4 And Adonijah, and all the gueſts that were with him, heard ie, as they had made an end of eat- ing /-: and when Joab heard the ſound of the trumpet, he ſaid, Wherefore 7s chis noiſe of the city, being in an uproar ?
ſ For Nathan having | ge wiſe Counſel,took all due care to ex-