1 Kings 1:39
1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil 1 from the tent and poured it on 2 Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”
1 Kings 1:45
1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed 3 him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.
1 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.
2 tn Or “anointed.”
3 tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.