1Ch 29:23 | KD | STEP | Solomon’s accession and David’s death , with a statement as to the length of his reign and the sources of the history. - -25. The remarks on Solomon’s accession and reign contained in these verses are necessary to the complete conclusion of a history of David’s reign, for they show how David’s wishes for his son Solomon, whom Jahve chose to be his successor, were fulfilled. On יהוה על־כּסּא see the commentary on 1Ch 28:5. ויּצלח, he was prosperous, corresponds to the hope expressed by David ( ), which was also fulfilled by the submission of all princes and heroes, and also of all the king’s sons, to King Solomon ( ). There can hardly, however, be in these last words a reference to the frustrating of Adonijah’s attempted usurpation of the throne (cf. 1Ki 1:15.). תּחת יד נתן = to submit. But this meaning is not derived (Rashi) from the custom of taking oaths of fidelity by clasping of hands, for this custom cannot be certainly proved to have existed among the Israelites; still less can it have arisen from the ancient custom mentioned in , ; , of laying the hand under the thigh of the person to whom one swore in making promises with oath. The hand, as the instrument of all activity, is here simply a symbol of power.

‏ 1 Chronicles 29:23

1Ch 29:23-24 Solomon’s accession and David’s death, with a statement as to the length of his reign and the sources of the history. - 1Ch 29:23-25. The remarks on Solomon’s accession and reign contained in these verses are necessary to the complete conclusion of a history of David’s reign, for they show how David’s wishes for his son Solomon, whom Jahve chose to be his successor, were fulfilled. On יהוה על־כּסּא see the commentary on 1Ch 28:5. ויּצלח, he was prosperous, corresponds to the hope expressed by David (1Ch 22:13), which was also fulfilled by the submission of all princes and heroes, and also of all the king’s sons, to King Solomon (1Ch 29:24). There can hardly, however, be in these last words a reference to the frustrating of Adonijah’s attempted usurpation of the throne (cf. 1Ki 1:15.). תּחת יד נתן = to submit. But this meaning is not derived (Rashi) from the custom of taking oaths of fidelity by clasping of hands, for this custom cannot be certainly proved to have existed among the Israelites; still less can it have arisen from the ancient custom mentioned in Gen 24:2, Gen 24:9; Gen 47:29, of laying the hand under the thigh of the person to whom one swore in making promises with oath. The hand, as the instrument of all activity, is here simply a symbol of power.