Zadok the Priest

“Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King” is a coronation anthem composed by George Frideric Handel. Handel composed “Zadok the Priest” for the coronation of George II of Great Britain in 1727. Handel’s coronation anthem has been sung in Westminster Abbey at the coronation of every British monarch since the days of King George.

The words for the coronation anthem are based on 1 Kings 1:38–40, as written in the King James Bible. Below is the full text of “Zadok the Priest”:

Zadok the Priest

Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King.
And all the people rejoic'd, and said:
God save the King! Long live the King!
May the King live for ever,
Amen, Allelujah.

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Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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