1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for LORD has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of LORD over Israel.
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Deuteronomy 17:15thou shall surely set him king over thee whom LORD thy God shall choose. Thou shall set a king over thee from among thy brothers. Thou may not put a foreigner over thee who is not thy brother.
1 Kings 1:20And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
1 Kings 1:35Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne, for he shall be king in my stead. And I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
1 Chronicles 3:9All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines. And Tamar was their sister.
1 Chronicles 17:14But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.
1 Chronicles 23:1Now David was old and full of days, and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 28:2-11
David's Charge to the People. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and… Read the whole commentary →