📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 23:1
What does 1 Chronicles 23:1 mean?
"Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel."
— 1 Chronicles 23:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
Explanation
This verse serves as a simple but significant transition in the biblical narrative. In plain language, it tells us that David had reached old age—he was "full of days," a Hebrew expression conveying not just longevity but a sense of completeness and satisfaction with life (the same phrase
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