³³ he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule^(A) and take him down to Gihon.^(B)

³⁴ There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint^(A) him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet^(B) and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

²² Rehoboam appointed Abijah^(A) son of Maakah as crown prince among his brothers, in order to make him king.

²³ He acted wisely, dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions^(A) and took many wives for them.