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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,.... All the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, even to observe them cordially and sincerely: and to do all those things; he had suggested to him particularly: and to build the palace for the which I have made provision; as before...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And David said to all the congregation,.... Consisting of princes, captains, and officers, 1 Chronicles 28:1 now bless the Lord your God; as he had done, for putting it into the power of their hands, and into their hearts, to do what they had: and all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers; some one as the mouth of the rest put up...
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And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord,.... David and the congregation: and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the morrow after that day; not having time enough on that day to perform, at least not all of them; and these they offered on the altar David had erected in the threshingfloor of Araunah, by the order of God, where afterwards...
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And they did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness,.... Before the ark of the Lord, which was in the tabernacle David had pitched for it: and they made Solomon the son of David king the second time; the first was upon Adonijah's rebellion, and was done in the presence only of the inhabitants of Jerusalem; but this was done...
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Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord,.... Who had given it to him, and established him on it, and whose vicegerent he was, and over whose people he ruled: as king instead of David; he was viceroy to him in his life time, and succeeded him at his death, when he had the full power of government: and prospered; his reign was happy and...
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And all the princes and the mighty men,.... The princes of the tribes, and the officers of the army: and all the sons likewise of King David; as many as were living: and though they were elder than Solomon, [they] submitted to Solomon the king; or "gave the hand under" (t) him, promised obedience, and swore allegiance to him, see Genesis 24:2. (t)...
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And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly before all Israel,.... By giving him such a large share of wisdom and understanding in government: and bestowed upon him such royal majesty; not only such wealth and riches, but such honour and reverence, as had not been on any king before him in Israel; not on Saul, nor even on David.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. As before related in this book, and in the second book of Samuel; his reign being long and glorious.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years,.... See 1 Kings 2:11.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he died in a good old age,.... Being seventy years of age: full of days, riches, and honour; had as much of either of them as he could wish for; and having enough, he sought after, and was taken to the possession of, eternal life, durable riches, and honours, and glory, that fade not away: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead; in full...
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Now the acts of David the king, first and last,.... All that he did that was memorable, both before he was king, and when king in Hebron, and then in Jerusalem: behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer; which were journals of his life and actions, begun by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
With all his reign and his might,.... The whole of it, and the mighty valiant acts done by him, the battles he fought, and the victories he obtained: and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and all the kingdoms of the countries; things that were done in his time in Israel, and in the nations round about subdued by him, as Moab, Ammon,...