Discovery Box1 Chronicles 29:20-30
Context29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.
29:21 The next day they made sacrifices and offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord (1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs), along with their accompanying drink offerings and many other sacrifices for all Israel. 29:22 They held a feast 1 before the Lord that day and celebrated. 2
Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; 3 before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest. 29:23 Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him. 4 29:24 All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. 5 29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. 6
29:26 David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 29:27 He reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem 7 thirty-three years. 29:28 He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. 8 His son Solomon succeeded him. 29:29 King David’s accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet. 9 29:30 Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms. 10
[29:22] 1 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
[29:22] 2 tn Heb “with great joy.”
[29:22] 3 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.
[29:23] 4 tn Heb “listened to him.”
[29:24] 5 tn Heb “placed a hand under Solomon the king.”
[29:25] 6 tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”
[29:27] 7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[29:28] 8 tn Heb “satisfied with days, wealth, and honor.”
[29:29] 9 tn Heb “and the events of David the king, the former and the latter, look they are written in the annals of Samuel the seer, and in the annals of Nathan the prophet, and in the annals of Gad the seer.”
[29:30] 10 tn Heb “with all his reign and his might, and the times which passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.”
