20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And aall the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bbowed low and did homage to the Lord and to the king.

Sacrifices

21 On the next day athey 1made sacrifices to the Lord and offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

22 So they ate and drank that day before the Lord with great gladness.

Solomon Again Made King

And they made Solomon the son of David king aa second time, and they banointed him as ruler for the Lord and Zadok as priest.

23 Then aSolomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

24 All the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David 1pledged allegiance to King Solomon.

25 aThe Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and bbestowed on him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.