~ David Declares Solomon King ~

Then King David said, "Call in Bathsheba."
So she came into the king's presence
and stood before him.

The king then took an oath:
"As surely as the Lord lives,
he has delivered me out of every trouble,
I will surely carry out today
what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel:
Solomon your son shall be king after me,
and he will sit on my throne in my place."

Then Bathsheba bowed low
with her face to the ground and,
kneeling before the kings, said,
"May my lord King David live forever!"

King David said, "Call in Zadok the priest,
Nathan the Prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada."
When they came before the king, he said to them:
"Take your lord's servants with you
and set Solomon my son on my own mule
and take him down to Gihon.
There have Zadok the priest
and Nathan the prophet
anoint him king over Israel.
Blow the trumpet and shout,
'Long live King Solomon!'
Then you are to go up with him,
and he is to come and sit on my throne
and reign in my place.
I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah."

(I Kings 1:28-37)