Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 1:33

33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord , and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule , and bring him down to Gihon .

i. e. My publick Officers, and my Guards.

As a token that the Royal Dignity is transferred upon Solomon, and that by my consent. Compare Gen. 41. 43. Esth. 6. 8.

A River near Ierusalem, on the West side, as may be gathered from 2 Chron. 32. 30. as En-rogel, where Adonijah was inaugurated, was on the East-side. This place David chose, either, as remore from Adonijah and his company, that so the people might go thither, and be there without fear of Tumults or Bloodshed; or to shew that Solomon was chosen King in opposition to Adonijah: or, because this was a place of great resort, and fit to receive and display that numerous company, which he knew would follow Solomon thither: or, that he might from thence return and make the more magnificent entrance into the City.

Marginal references: Heb. which belongeth to me.