Bible in Basic English
"So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority."
— 1 Chronicles 29:23, Bible in Basic English
“Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.”
“Solomon sat on the LORD’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.”
“Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.”
And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.
And they made offerings to the Lord, and gave burned offerings to the Lord, on the day after, a thousand oxen, a thousand sheep, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and a great wealth of offerings for all Israel.
And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.
So Solomon was put on the seat of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and everything went well for him; and all Israel was under his authority.
And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.
And the Lord made Solomon great in the eyes of all Israel, clothing him with glory and honour such as no other king in Israel had had before him.
Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.