1 Kings 1:38 (WEB)
So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ephrem the Syrian
“In Siloam, the blessed stream—the priests anointed Solomon.—His youth was had in honour;—his old age was despised.—Through the pure waters ye have been clad—in the purity of Heaven.” — editor's note: So in Peshitto, 1 Kin. i. 38; but Gihon in the Hebrew.
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Jerome
“Beersheba too, the city of the oath, and [Gihon], the scene of Solomon’s coronation, derive their names from springs.” — editor's note: 1 Kings i. 38; 2 Chron. xxxii. 30.
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Cross-references · 4
Parallel passages
1 Kings 1:38 and 1 Chronicles 18:17 share the same wording (10 words).
2 Samuel 8:18 and 1 Kings 1:38 share the same wording (10 words).
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Cited together in Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the Epiphany Hymn 7.
Cited together in Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the Epiphany Hymn 7.