1 Chronicles 29:21-30
Solomon Anointed King (1 Kings 1:38–40; 2:12)
21 And they made sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the next day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 22 So they ate and drank before the LORD with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be the leader, and Zadok to be priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, submitted themselves to King Solomon. 25 So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
The Close of David’s Reign
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 And the period that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. 28 So he died in a good old age, full of days and riches and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place. 29 Now the acts of King David, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 30 with all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands.
Passing the legacy on is the account found in the final passage of this book. Solomon was anointed and crowned king for the second time (1 Chronicles 23:1) after first being pro as David’s successor, and this time he ascended to the throne to sit in his father’s place of honor and service to the LORD of God’s kingdom and people. Solomon prospered in the LORD and all God’s people followed his rule under God, the same God who lifted up Solomon in the sight of the people for the wis given him to rule in majestic splendor without the wars and bloodshed hanging over him as with his father king David. His father then died in a “good old age,” with his own honor under God and with the bountiful riches given him to rule with. David and set the example of ruling wholeheartedly with all his warring strength, and now his son would reign with all his heart in the wisdom and peace of God for a long time as the legacy of God’s grace was handed down. Do we follow this pattern in discipleship to pass on the legacy of serving God in the work of the gospel bringing peace with God (Romans 5:1) under the grace and wisdom given us in Christ as Paul (2 Timothy 2:2) also showed us in God’s word?
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