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

Bible Comments

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 Chronicles 23:24-32. Not that he did resign the kingdom to him, but that he declared his mind concerning his succession into the throne after his death. As David himself is called king, 1 Samuel 16:1, because he was appointed and anointed to be king after Saul's death, though till then he was only a subject.

1 Chronicles 23:1

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