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1 Kings 1:40-44

1 Kings 1:40

Everyone followed him, playing flutes and celebrating so happily that the sound shook the earth.

1 Kings 1:41

Adonijah and all his guests heard the noise as they were finishing eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “What's all this noise coming from the city?”

1 Kings 1:42

While he was speaking, Jonathan, son of Abiathar the priest, suddenly arrived. “Come on in,” said Adonijah. “A good man like you must be bringing good news.”

1 Kings 1:43

“Absolutely not!” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king!

1 Kings 1:44

He sent Solomon to be anointed with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They had him ride on the king's mule.