Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT sil.org]

Surely here the king is still David, as in verse 1. Solomon has not 
yet been called "king", and up to this point he is being given more 
the role of David's agent for the temple building works. He has not 
yet been anointed or acknowledged as king - this comes in verse 22 - 
and he has not yet sat on the throne in place of David - see verse 23. 
The assembly would be expected to bow down before the king who has 
just spoken to them.

Then there is the problem of how to reconcile this with the very 
different account in 1 Kings 1. Perhaps one way to understand this 
passage and do some reconciliation is to recognise a break, possibly 
even of many years, in the middle of verse 22. After all, the first 
part of the verse looks like a closing summary of the proceedings, 
compare 12:39-40, 2 Ch. 7:8-10. See also 23:1 (which I would take more 
as David naming Solomon as his successor) and the mysterious $"NIYT in 
verse 22.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: (Solomon or David?) L-rd/king I Chronicles 29:20
Author:  a.c.smith AT juno.com at internet
Date:    30/12/1998 05:06


>>"...fell prostrate before the Lord and the king." (I Chronicles 29:20) 
>>The most obvious reading of this is "...before God and David" but can 
the
>>two titles be read as appositives, i.e., both referring to God?

>At first look it seems that the king is Shlomoh whose coronation is 
>being
>celebrated here.

Good point: who is king here: David or Solomon?
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