1 Chronicles 23:1

1 When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1

So when David was old and full of days
Perhaps was now in the last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was bedridden; see ( 1 Chronicles 28:2 ) ,

he made Solomon his son king over Israel;
declared him to be his successor; this was before the affair of Adonijah, for then he ordered him to be anointed king, and placed on the throne; and this aggravated the rebellion of Adonijah, that it was against the declared and known will of his father.

1 Chronicles 23:1 In-Context

1 When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.

2 David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites.

3 All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.

4 Then David said, “From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD . Another 6,000 will serve as officials and judges.

5 Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.”