1 Chronicles 29:20-30

20 Then David said to all the assembly, ¹“Bless the Lord your God. ” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, ²and bowed their heads and paid homage to the Lord and to the king.

21 And they offered sacrifices to the Lord, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their ³drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

22 And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king ⁴the second time, and they ⁵anointed him as prince for the Lord, and ⁶Zadok as priest.

Solomon Anointed King

23 ⁷Then Solomon sat on the ⁸throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

25 And the Lord made Solomon very ⁹great in the sight of all Israel and ¹⁰bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

The Death of David

26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

27 The ¹¹time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

28 Then he died ¹²at a good age, ¹³full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.

29 Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles ¹⁴of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of ¹⁵Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of ¹⁶Gad the seer,

30 with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances ¹⁷that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.

1 Chronicles 29:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 29

This chapter relates how largely and liberally David, besides what he had before done, and his princes, offered towards defraying the expenses of building the temple, 1Ch 29:1-8 and the joy and thankfulness that he and his people expressed on that account, attended with prayers for Solomon, and offering sacrifices unto the Lord, 1Ch 29:9-21 and the chapter is closed, and so the book, with an account of the second unction of Solomon, the placing him on the throne, and the submission of all ranks of men unto him, and of the death of David, 1Ch 29:22-30.

Cross References

• 1. 29:20 See Josh. 22:33
• 2. 29:20 See Ex. 4:31
• 3. 29:21 Gen. 35:14
• 4. 29:22 [ch. 23:1]
• 5. 29:22 See 1 Kgs. 1:38, 39
• 6. 29:22 1 Kgs. 2:35
• 7. 29:23 1 Kgs. 2:12
• 8. 29:23 ch. 28:5; [2 Chr. 9:8]
• 9. 29:25 2 Chr. 1:1; [Josh. 3:7]
• 10. 29:25 1 Kgs. 3:13; 2 Chr. 1:12; [Eccles. 2:9]
• 11. 29:27 2 Sam. 5:4, 5; 1 Kgs. 2:11
• 12. 29:28 [Gen. 15:15; 25:8]
• 13. 29:28 ch. 23:1
• 14. 29:29 ch. 26:28; [1 Sam. 9:9]
• 15. 29:29 See 2 Sam. 12:1
• 16. 29:29 See 1 Sam. 22:5
• 17. 29:30 [Dan. 4:23, 25]