1 Chronicles 29:26-30

The Death of David

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

27 The ¹time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

28 Then he died ²at a good age, ³full 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 ⁴of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of ⁵Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of ⁶Gad the seer,

30 with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances ⁷that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.

1 Chronicles 29:26-30 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. 29:27 2 Sam. 5:4, 5; 1 Kgs. 2:11
• 2. 29:28 [Gen. 15:15; 25:8]
• 3. 29:28 ch. 23:1
• 4. 29:29 ch. 26:28; [1 Sam. 9:9]
• 5. 29:29 See 2 Sam. 12:1
• 6. 29:29 See 1 Sam. 22:5
• 7. 29:30 [Dan. 4:23, 25]