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Verse 39

1Ki 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

Ver. 39. Took an horn of oil. ] Whereof there was great use in the tabernacle. It was not that holy oil which was at first provided for the anointing of the priests, see Exodus 30:32 , "Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured" but some other, to show that magistrates should be holy and gracious: whence also the seat of judicature is called the holy place. Ecc 8:10

And anointed Solomon. ] When he was twenty years of age, saith Lyra: some say twenty-four.

God save king Solomon, ] i.e., Rex Pacificus: so the Greeks had their Irenaei, the Germans their Fredericks, (that is, rich in peace,) and the Turks their Selims and Solymans.

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