1 Chronicles 29:20-25

20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the LORD your God.” So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the LORD and the king.

Solomon Acknowledged as King

21 The next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
22 They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the LORD to be ruler and Zadok to be priest.
23 So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.
24 All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their submission to King Solomon.
25 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor such as no king over Israel ever had before.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S 1 Kings 8:62
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 11:1
  • 3. 1 Chronicles 12:40; 1 Chronicles 23:1
  • 4. S 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Kings 1:33-39
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 17:18
  • 6. S 1 Kings 2:12; S 1 Chronicles 17:14
  • 7. 1 Kings 1:9
  • 8. S Joshua 3:7
  • 9. 1 Kings 10:7; 2 Chronicles 1:1,12
  • 10. 1 Kings 3:13; Ecclesiastes 2:9
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