Discovery Box1 Chronicles 29:21-23 
ContextDavid Designates Solomon 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
1 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
2 tn Heb “with great joy.”
3 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.
4 tn Heb “listened to him.”
