1 Kings 1:46

46 ¹Solomon sits on the royal throne.

1 Kings 1:46 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:46

And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
] Where he was placed to exercise his regal power when returned to Jerusalem, as a further token and confirmation of his being really and actually king.

1 Kings 1:46 In-Context

44 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king’s mule.

45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.

46 Solomon sits on the royal throne.

47 Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne. ’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

48 And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has granted someone to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it. ’”

Cross References

• 1. 1:46 1 Chr. 29:23