1 Kings 1:45

45 And Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, have anointed him king, in Gihon: and they are gone up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again: this is the noise that you have heard.

1 Kings 1:45 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:45

And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, have anointed
him king in Gihon
Or at Gihon; that is, Siloah, according to the Targum; here the act of anointing is ascribed to them both, as in ( 1 Kings 1:34 ) ; Zadok very probably applied the oil to him, and Nathan might be some way or other assisting in it; however he was here present, not only as approving of it, but declaring it as a prophet, that it was according to the will of God, as well as of the king:

and they are come up from thence rejoicing;
with a multitude of people along with them:

so that the city rang again;
with the blowing of trumpets, the sound of pipings, and the shouts of the people:

this [is] the noise which ye have heard;
which had so alarmed them.

1 Kings 1:45 In-Context

43 And Jonathan answered Adonias: Not so: for our lord, king David, hath appointed Solomon king;

44 And hath sent with him Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and they have set him upon the king’s mule:

45 And Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, have anointed him king, in Gihon: and they are gone up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again: this is the noise that you have heard.

46 Moreover, Solomon sitteth upon the throne of the kingdom.

47 And the king’s servants going in, have blessed our lord king David, saying: May God make the name of Solomon greater than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king adored in his bed: