1 Chronicles 23:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 to 1 Chronicles 24:31 . The Levites and the Priests. The Chronicler implies that the organisation of the Levites and priests and the settling of their duties as existing in his...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

old and full of days. Compare Abraham ( Genesis 25:8 ), and Isaac ( Genesis 35:29 ). David horn in 990. Now in his seventieth year. full of . satisfied with. made Solomon his son king. During...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. David was old and full of days - On the phrase full of days, see the note on Genesis 25:8 .
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. When David was old ... he made Solomon ... king. This brief statement, which comprises the substance of 1 Ki...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David makes Solomon King. Particulars relating to the Levites This and the following three Chapter s (supplementing the earlier history) describe the arrangements made by David for the organisatio...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 adjecti...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's interest in building the Temple and establishing it as the center of worship and of the nation is not only manifest in the material preparation he made in amassing treasure, and carrying out...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter relates to us the appointing of Solomon king, in the room of David his father. The Levites and officers of the temple are appointed also, and numbered. 1 Chronicles 23:1 Th...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So when David was old and full of days ,.... Perhaps was now in the last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was bedridden; see 1 Chronicles 28:2 , he made Solomon his son...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. Ver. 1. So when David was old. ] Tacitis senescimus annis. Old age stealeth upon us; let us pack up our bundles,...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He made Solomon king over Israel Not that he resigned the kingdom to him, but only declared his mind concerning Solomon's succeeding him in the throne after his death. Thus David himself is called...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Numbering of the Levites. B. C. 1015. 1 So when David was old and full of days, he m...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 23 David maketh Solomon king, 1 Chronicles 23:1 . The number and distribution of the Levites, according to their families, 1 Chronicles 23:2-23 . Their office, 1 Chroni...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This and following three Chapter s contain an account of Levites and distribution of their services. Here their number, classification, and work ( 1 Chronicles 23:1-6 ). But 1 Chron...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:3 . Thirty years. So Moses had commanded. Numbers 4:3 . But now it would seem from 1 Chronicles 23:24 , that David numbered the levites from the age of twenty, the number at thir...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

So when David was old and full of days. I. An instructive view of life. II. A touching picture of old age. III. A solemn warning to all. ( J. Wolfendale. ) How to employ old age The path...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is the first of four employed on the subject of the Levites and the services distributed among them. The twenty-four orders of priests, sons of Aaron, occupy 1 Chronicle...
1 Chronicles 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So when David was old and full of days, weary of his strenuous life, 1 Kings 1:32-48 , he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.
1 Chronicles 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:5 ; 1 Chronicles 29:22-25 ; 1 Chronicles 29:28 ; 1 Kings 1:1 ; 1 Kings 1:33-39 ; Genesis 25:8 ; Genesis 35:29 ; Job 5:26

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Chronicles 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge