1 Kings 1:39
in 1 Kings 1Zadok 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!”
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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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This verse in 1 Kings 1
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Cyril of JerusalemCatechetical Lectures, Lecture 21 (Mystagogical Lecture 3) · Written before 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.
This site's exposition
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites
on 1 Kings 1:38-39
The order is carried out exactly as given: Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, the Cherethites and the Pelethites, David's own bodyguard, escort Solomon to Gihon on the king's mule. Zadok anoints him with oil out of the tabernacle itself, and the trumpet sounds the same cry ordered in verse thirty-four. Every element of David's command from the prior unit is now executed in the order it was spoken.
This site's exposition
the horn of oil from the tabernacle
Albert Barnes takes the tabernacle to be the tent David pitched for the ark on Zion, where the holy oil for anointing priest and king was kept. Cyril of Jerusalem read Zadok anointing Solomon after he washed at Gihon as a figure of the Christian anointed by the Holy Spirit. Christ means anointed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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,
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle,....
Whom God calls, he will qualify, which was signified by the anointing; usurpers had it not. Christ signifies anointed, and he is the king whom God hath set upon his holy hill of Sion, according to decree, Ps. ii. Christians also are made to our God (and by him) kings, and they have an unction from the Holy One, 1 John ii.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
Zadok - took a horn of oil - Pottery and glass were little in use in those times; and horns were frequently used to hold oil and wine. The oil used here was the holy anointing oil, which was laid up in the tabernacle, and which was used for the anointing of both priests and kings.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּח֩ | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| צָד֨וֹק | tzadok | Zadok | H6659 → | 53 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֶ֤רֶן | keren | [the] horn of | H7161 → | 76 times |
| הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ | hashemen | <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָאֹ֔הֶל | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| וַיִּמְשַׁ֖ח | vaiyimshach | and he anointed | H4886 → | 70 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ | vaiyitkeu | and they gave a blast | H8628 → | |
| בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר | bashofar | on the ram's horn | H7782 → | 72 times |
| וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יְחִ֖י | yechi | may he live | H2421 → | 282 times |
| הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
וַיִּקַּח֩and he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
צָד֨וֹקZadok
tzadokH6659 →53 times
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קֶ֤רֶן[the] horn of
kerenH7161 →76 times
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙<the> oil
hashemenH8081 →193 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָאֹ֔הֶלthe tent
haohelH168 →345 times
וַיִּמְשַׁ֖חand he anointed
vaiyimshachH4886 →70 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙and they gave a blast
vaiyitkeuH8628 →
בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔רon the ram's horn
bashofarH7782 →72 times
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙and they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
יְחִ֖יmay he live
yechiH2421 →282 times
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
it 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…
- 1 Samuel 16:12–13
Through
1 Samuel 10:24Samuel 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!”
it 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 separate 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 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:25
Through
1 Kings 1:34There 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!’
it 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!’”
- 2 Samuel 15:10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alfred Edersheim, Bible History: Old Testament; Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, Lecture 21 (Mystagogical Lecture 3); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.