1 Chronicles 23:1
New International Version
When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

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

English Standard Version
When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

King James Bible
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

New King James Version
So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

NASB 1995
Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

NASB 1977
Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now David became old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Amplified Bible
When David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

American Standard Version
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David was old and his days full, and he established Solomon his son in the kingdom over Israel

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.

Contemporary English Version
David was old when he chose his son Solomon to be king of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.

English Revised Version
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When David had grown old and had lived out his years, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.

Good News Translation
When David was very old, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.

International Standard Version
After David had reached old age, and had completed his reign, he set his son Solomon as king over Israel.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Literal Standard Version
And David was old and satisfied with days, and he causes his son Solomon to reign over Israel,

Majority Standard Bible
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

New American Bible
When David had grown old and was near the end of his days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

NET Bible
When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

New Heart English Bible
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

World English Bible
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,

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Context
The Divisions of the Levites
1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. 2Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.…

Cross References
1 Kings 1:1
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.

1 Kings 2:12
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

1 Chronicles 23:2
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons--for the LORD has given me many sons--He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:22
That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David's son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.


Treasury of Scripture

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

A.

1 Chronicles 29:28
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:29
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

he made

1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:22-25
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest…

1 Kings 1:33-39
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: …

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1 Chronicles 23
1. David in his old age makes Solomon king
2. The number and distribution of the Levites
7. The families of the Gershonites
12. The sons of Kohath
21. The sons of Merari
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(1) So when David was old and full of days.--Literally, Now David had become old and satisfied with days. (See Genesis 35:29; Job 42:17; where both terms, which are verbs here, appear as adjectives.) Perhaps our pointing is wrong. The expression "satisfied with days" reminds us of Horace, who describes the philosopher as departing this life like a satisfied guest (ut conviva satur, etc.).

He made Solomon his son king.--Heb., and he made, &c. This short statement is all that the chronicler has chosen to repeat from 1 Kings 1, a narrative intimately connected with David's family affairs, with which he is not concerned to deal. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 20, introductory remarks.)

Verse 1. - David... made Solomon his son king over Israel. These words give the key note of what remains in this book. David made his son king, as he himself acknowledges (1 Chronicles 28:5), under the superintending direction of God. The manner in which the formal event was precipitated by the conduct of Adonijah is found at length in 1 Kings 1:11-53. The original occasion alluded to there more than once, on which David promised, "and sware" to Bathsheba, that her son should be his chief heir and successor to the throne, is not distinctly recorded. We can easily assign one convenient place in the history for it to have found monition, viz. in 2 Samuel 12:25. The brevity of the statement which composes this verse, when compared with all the deeply interesting matter recorded in 1 Kings 1:11-53, is one among many other very clear illustrations of the purposed silence of our present history in certain directions.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When David
וְדָוִ֥יד (wə·ḏā·wîḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

was old
זָקֵ֖ן (zā·qên)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2204: To be or become old

and full of
וְשָׂבַ֣ע (wə·śā·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

years,
יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

he installed his son
בְנ֖וֹ (ḇə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

as king
וַיַּמְלֵ֛ךְ (way·yam·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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