John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 1:38
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,.... The three men that David sent for on this occasion: and the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; not the sanhedrim, as Ben Gersom, but David's guards, over whom Benaiah was: these went down ; from Jerusalem; and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule ; as he had ordered: and brought him to Gihon ; or Siloah, as the Targum; hence the Jews say F5 T. Bab. Ceritot, fol. 5. 2. , they do not... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 1:32-40
We have here the effectual care David took both to secure Solomon's right and to preserve the public peace, by crushing Adonijah's project in the bud. Observe, I. The express orders he gave for the proclaiming of Solomon. The persons he entrusted with this great affair were Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah, men of power and interest whom David had always reposed a confidence in and found faithful to him, and whom Adonijah had passed by in his invitation, 1 Kgs. 1:10. David orders them forthwith,... read more