Discovery Box1 Kings 1:39 
Context1:39 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 1:41
Context1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. 3 When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” 4
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 Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”
4 tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”
