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.