Kings: Sometimes Nominated Their Successors
Source: TTT
1 Kings 1:33, 34
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon. / There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
2 Chronicles 11:22, 23
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king. / Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.