1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 1:38-39

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ¹  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. 1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ²  from the tent and poured it on ³  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 1:44-45

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule. 1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁴  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? ⁵  Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ⁶  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ⁷ 

1 Kings 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ⁸  he continued to appoint common people ⁹  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁰ 

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¹ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

² tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

sn A horn filled with oil. An animal’s horn was used as an oil flask in the anointing ceremony.

³ tn Or “anointed.”

⁴ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

⁵ tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

⁶ tn Heb “over.”

⁷ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

⁸ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

⁹ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”