1 Chronicles 29:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Heb. Put their hands under Solomon, i.e. they owned him for their king, and themselves for his subjects, and swore fealty to him; which possibly they now did after the ancient manner, with that ceremony of putting their hands under his thigh, which was used in swearing, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 47:29; or at least the thing is signified by a phrase taken from that practice formerly used, though now neglected; it being usual in all nations and languages to signify present things by phrases taken from ancient customs.

1 Chronicles 29:24

24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.