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Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”
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Verse 39. Horn of oil. Such liquors were commonly kept in vessels of horn. Calmet.—Some say that oil, for the consecration of priests, was used on this occasion; and that the ceremony was performed only, when the throne was contested: as in the case of Joas, Joachaz, and so forth Bible.—Nathan assisted Sadoc, (verse 34.) who was not yet the high priest. Menochius.
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