1 Chronicles 29:22b-25--Solomon Anointed King

1 Chronicles 29:22b-25
English Standard Version

Solomon Anointed King
And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest.

23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. 24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. 25 And the LORD made Solomon very great in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

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Solomon has already been coronated in front of the priests and Levites in 1 Chronicles 23:1, but this was the public coronation in front of the all the people and the officials, and even all the nations.  Everybody from the entire kingdom and probably some people from other kingdoms were invited to this event.

After this, Solomon ruled as king for forty years (the last to rule over the united kingdom of Israel). God blessed him and prospered him, and all of the people obeyed him.  All of the mighty men and officials that supported David gave their support to Solomon so that he became great in the eyes of all the people of Israel (and all the surrounding nations).  There was no king in the history of Israel like him before him or since him, as he was more majestic than those before him or after him.  However, this is only the beginning of his story.  The book of 2 Chronicles will tell us much more about his life and reign.