²² So they ate and drank before the Lord with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and ^(A)anointed him before the Lord to be the leader, and Zadok to be priest.

The Divisions of the Levites

23 So when David was old and full of days, he made his son ^(A)Solomon king over Israel.

³⁵ The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put ^(A)Zadok the priest in the place of ^(B)Abiathar.

³⁴ There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet ^(A)anoint him king over Israel; and ^(B)blow the horn, and say, ^[a]‘Long live King Solomon!’ ³⁵ Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

³⁶ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, ^(C)“Amen! May the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. ^37 (D)As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and ^(E)make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

³⁸ So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ^(F)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the ^(G)Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. ³⁹ Then Zadok the priest took a horn of ^(H)oil from the tabernacle and ^(I)anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, ^(J)and all the people said, ^[b]“Long live King Solomon!”

Instructions to the Rich

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain ^(A)riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things ^(B)to enjoy. ¹⁸ Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,

^15 (A)So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

¹² I know that nothing is ^(A)better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, ¹³ and also that ^(B)every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

^24 (A)Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.