1 Kings 1:33

1:33 and he ¹  told them, “Take your master’s ²  servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. ³ 

1 Kings 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁴  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

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¹ tn Heb “the king.”

² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

³ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

⁴ 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.