And all the princes and the mighty men,.... The princes of the tribes, and the officers of the army:
and all the sons likewise of King David; as many as were living: and though they were elder than Solomon,
[they] submitted to Solomon the king; or "gave the hand under" t him, promised obedience, and swore allegiance to him, see Genesis 24:2.
t וישם יד תחת "dederunt manum sub Selomoh", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis.