1 Kings 1:38

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 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed 2  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

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 I.e., designated by anointing with oil.