1 Kings 1:32

32 King David said, "Bring me Zadok the priest, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah, Jehoiada's son." They came to the king,

1 Kings 1:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:32

And King David said, call me Zadok the priest
Not Abiathar the high priest, for he had joined Adonijah; and besides Zadok was David's favourite priest, and for him the high priesthood was designed, as it was in a little time translated to him:

and Nathan the prophet;
who very probably went out of the room when Bathsheba was called in: and

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
the captain of his guards:

and they came before the king;
who it is very likely sat up in his bed, and they stood around him.

1 Kings 1:32 In-Context

30 regarding what I swore to you by the LORD, Israel's God, ‘Your son Solomon will certainly succeed me; he will sit on the throne after me'—I'll see that it happens today."

31 Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground. She honored the king and said, "May my master King David live forever!"

32 King David said, "Bring me Zadok the priest, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah, Jehoiada's son." They came to the king,

33 who said to them, "Take with you the servants of your masters. Put my son Solomon on my mule and bring him down to Gihon.

34 There Zadok the priest and the prophet Nathan will anoint him king over Israel. Blow the ram's horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!'