1 Chronicles 23:1

“So when David was old and full of days, etc.] Perhaps was now in the last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was bedridden; (see <132802>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.”

“DAVID MAKES SOLOMON KING. (Ch1 23:1) when David was old . . . he made Solomon . . . king--This brief statement, which comprises the substance of 1Ki. 1:32-48, is made here solely to introduce an account of the preparations carried on by David during the latter years of his life for providing a national place of worship.”

“See the marginal references and notes. 1 Chronicles 23:28-32 give the most complete account in Scripture of the nature of the Levitical office. return to 'Top of Page'”

“23:1-2 When David . . . appointed his son Solomon as Israel’s king (cp. 1 Kgs 1), David outlined the organizational structure of the kingdom and made all the necessary provisions for the Temple’s functioning. • The account of Solomon’s coronation continues in 1 Chr 28–29; the intervening chapters (23:3–27:24) record in detail the organization of the kingdom.”

“am 2989, bc 1015, An, Ex, Is, 476 old: Ch1 29:28; Gen 25:8, Gen 35:29; Kg1 1:1; Job 5:26 he made: Ch1 28:5, Ch1 29:22-25; Kg1 1:33-39 1 Chronicles 23:2”

“Number, duties, and fathers'-houses of the Levites. - This clear account of the state and the order of service of the tribe of Levi is introduced by the words, Ch1 23:1, "David was old, and life weary; then he made his son Solomon king over Israel." זקן, generally an adjective, is here third pers. perf. of the verb, as in Gen 18:12, as שׂבע also is, to which ימים is subordinated in the accusative. Generally elsewhere ימים שׂבע is used, cf. Gen 35:29; Job 42:17, and also שׂבע alone, with the same signification, Gen 25:8. These words are indeed, as Berth. correctly remarks, not a mere passing remark which is taken up again at a later stage, say Ch1 29:28, but an independent statement complete…”