And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
He hath chosen Solomon. The spirit of David's statement is this: It was not my ambition, my valour, or my merit, that led to the enthronement of myself and family; it was the grace of God which chose the tribe, the family, the person-myself in the first instance, and now Solomon, to whom, as the Lord's anointed, you are all bound to submit (Genesis 49:10). Like that of Christ, of whom he was a type, the appointment of Solomon to the kingdom, above all his brethren, was frequently pre-intimated (1 Chronicles 17:12; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 2 Samuel 7:12-14; 2 Samuel 12:24-25; 2 Kings 1:13).