The pool where King Solomon was anointed in the City of David
This is the pool where King Solomon was anointed in the City of David.
All the kings of Judah from the line of King David were then anointed in the same pool.
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This is the pool where King Solomon was anointed in the City of David. The pool was filled with the waters of the Gihon spring.
All the kings of Judah from the line of King David were then anointed in the same pool.
In the Bible
And the king said unto them: 'Take with you the servants of your lord, and let Solomon my son ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow the shofar, and say: Long live king Solomon.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לָהֶם, קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם אֶת-עַבְדֵי אֲדֹנֵיכֶם, וְהִרְכַּבְתֶּם אֶת-שְׁלֹמֹה בְנִי, עַל-הַפִּרְדָּה אֲשֶׁר-לִי; וְהוֹרַדְתֶּם אֹתוֹ, אֶל-גִּחוֹן.
וּמָשַׁח אֹתוֹ שָׁם צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתָן הַנָּבִיא, לְמֶלֶךְ--עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל; וּתְקַעְתֶּם, בַּשּׁוֹפָר, וַאֲמַרְתֶּם, יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה.
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