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David Designates Solomon King

21 The next day they made sacrifices and offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord (1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs), along with their accompanying drink offerings and many other sacrifices for all Israel. 22 They held a feast[a] before the Lord that day and celebrated.[b]

Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time;[c] before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest. 23 Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.[d] 24 All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.[e] 25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:22 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:22 tn Heb “with great joy.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:22 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:23 tn Heb “listened to him.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:24 tn Heb “placed a hand under Solomon the king.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 29:25 tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”

21 The next day, they offered sacrifices and burnt offerings to the Lord amounting to[a] 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, along with their libations. Sacrifices were abundant throughout all Israel, 22 and they ate and drank in the Lord’s presence with great joy.

Solomon is Anointed King(A)

They crowned David’s son Solomon king a second time and anointed him to serve[b] as Commander-in-Chief[c] to the Lord and Zadok to serve[d] as priest. 23 So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in the place of[e] his father David. He prospered, and all of Israel obeyed[f] him. 24 All of the officials, all of the valiant soldiers, and all of King David’s sons submitted to King Solomon’s control, 25 and the Lord exalted Solomon magnificently in the sight of all Israel, bestowing upon him royal majesty such as had not been given to any king in Israel before him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:21 The Heb. lacks amounting to
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:22 The Heb. lacks serve
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:22 Or prince; lit. Nagid; i.e. an officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and management authority
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:22 The Heb. lacks serve
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:23 Or king under
  6. 1 Chronicles 29:23 Or listened to