1 Kings 1:39 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 1:39

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

BSB

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ASV

And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon.

KJV

And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lectures, Lecture 21 (Mystagogical Lecture 3) (386)

Moreover, you should know that in the old Scripture there lies the symbol of this Chrism. For what time Moses imparted to his brother the command of God, and made him High-priest, after bathing in water, he anointed him; and Aaron was called Christ or Anointed, evidently from the typical Chrism. So also the High-priest, in advancing Solomon to the kingdom, anointed him after he had bathed in Gihon. To them however these things happened in a figure, but to you not in a figure, but in truth; because ye were truly anointed by the Holy Ghost.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

No time was lost, but Solomon was brought in state to the place appointed, and there Zadok (who, though he was not as yet high priest, was, we may suppose, the suffragan, the Jews called him the sagan, or second priest) anointed him by the direction of Nathan the prophet and David the king,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The tabernacle - Probably that which David had made for the ark of the covenant on Mount Zion 2Sa 6:17. For the holy oil, see the margin reference. That it was part of the regular furniture of the tabernacle appears from Exo 31:11; Exo 39:38.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּח֩	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
צָד֨וֹק	tza.Dok	Zadok	H6659 →
הַכֹּהֵ֜ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
קֶ֤רֶן	Ke.ren	[the] horn of	H7161 →
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙	ha.She.men	<the> oil	H8081 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הָאֹ֔הֶל	ha.'O.hel	the tent	H168 →
וַיִּמְשַׁ֖ח	vai.yim.Shach	and he anointed	H4886 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙	vai.yit.ke.'U	and they gave a blast	H8628 →
בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר	ba.sho.Far	on the ram's horn	H7782 →
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֔ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
יְחִ֖י	ye.Chi	may he live	H2421 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 89:20
I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:12–13
  So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
- Isaiah 61:1–3
  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- 1 Samuel 16:1
  Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
- John 3:34
  For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- Acts 13:22
  After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
Through
1 Samuel 10:24
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:25
  For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest.…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 11:12
  Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 1:34
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:10
  Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”