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Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the Lord your God." So they all praised the Lord , the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.

The next day they made sacrifices to the Lord and presented burnt offerings to him:^(ac) a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.^(ad)

They ate and drank with great joy^(ae) in the presence of the Lord that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the Lord to be ruler and Zadok^(af) to be priest.

So Solomon sat^(ag) on the throne^(ah) of the Lord as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.

All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David's sons,^(ai) pledged their submission to King Solomon.

The Lord highly exalted^(aj) Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor^(ak) such as no king over Israel ever had before.^(al)

David son of Jesse was king^(an) over all Israel.^(ao)

He ruled over Israel forty years—seven in Hebron^(ap) and thirty-three in Jerusalem.^(aq)

He died^(ar) at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.^(as)

As for the events of King David's reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer,^(at) the records of Nathan^(au) the prophet and the records of Gad^(av) the seer,

together with the details of his reign and power, and the circumstances that surrounded him and Israel and the kingdoms of all the other lands.