1 Ki 1:32-37

Then King David said,
“Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.”
And they came into the king’s presence.

The king said to them,
“Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule,
and bring him down to Gihon.

“Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel,
and blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

“Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne and be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said,
“Amen! Thus may the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say.

“As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon,
and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!”

David gave the process/procedure for transition.
Solomon would be King.
He would be King that day.
Benaiah spoke blessings.

The procedure was executed…

1 Ki 1:38-40

So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon.
Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

All the people went up after him,
and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy,
so that the earth shook at their noise.

The people followed the true King.
The people rejoiced with great joy.
They were so loud that the earth shook at the noise!

Such is the joy found in following the way of the Lord.

May we do so.

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